Cerakote anyone?

[Longdog Cymru]

I am thinking about getting my exhaust Cerakoted, just wondering if anyone on this Forum has done this or had any experience of Cerakote? If I go ahead, then it won’t be immediately, but it is on my wish list at the moment.

 

[Wallkeeper]

Are you looking at it for the cosmetics?

 

[Longdog Cymru]

Are you looking at it for the cosmetics?

Yes, mainly for cosmetic reasons as I dont intend to get rid of the cat. I know there are performance benefits by keeping the exhaust gases at higher temperatures, but I really just want to smarten up the down pipes.

 

[bimota]

hey mike,

just put cerakote S Wales into google and theres a company by me on the bridgend industrial estate doing it lol

rob

 

[Longdog Cymru]

Thanks Rob, I will take a ride down there as soon as I get my bike back! Waiting for a pair of Continental TA3 tyres, should be delivered today.

Mike

 

[bimota]

just had a message from SOUTH WALES CERAKOTE COATINGS mike, there in Maesteg not bridgend

2 brookfield road CF340NJ

rob

 

[Wallkeeper]

Yes, mainly for cosmetic reasons as I dont intend to get rid of the cat. I know there are performance benefits by keeping the exhaust gases at higher temperatures, but I really just want to smarten up the down pipes.

cool! It will do that. Only advice I will throw in is make sure they will grit blast prior to coating. The pipes are 439 SS and nothing will stick if you are not to “bright” steel. Surface profile of 20-25 microns prior to coating with a dry film thickness of 40-50 microns. Dry film thickness should not exceed 75 microns or it will eventually break off in chunks

I cannot speak to Yamaha’s CAT bricks but we routinely painted and force cured preloaded diesel exhaust systems with no problem. They just needed to keep blast media out of the internals

i look forward to seeing the results

 

[Longdog Cymru]

just had a message from SOUTH WALES CERAKOTE COATINGS mike, there in Maesteg not bridgend

2 brookfield road CF340NJ

rob

Excellent! Thanks again Rob

Mike

 

[Reno]

I am thinking about getting my exhaust Cerakoted, just wondering if anyone on this Forum has done this or had any experience of Cerakote? If I go ahead, then it won’t be immediately, but it is on my wish list at the moment.

Have you thought of wrapping them with exhaust wrap. I have used exhaust wrap on a number of bikes, as well as headers on cars. Looks great lasts long and very affordable.

 

[Longdog Cymru]

Hi Reno, wrapping has its place, just not on my bike though, but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Reno]

Hi Reno, wrapping has its place, just not on my bike though, but thanks for the suggestion.

Here are my pipes painted with high temp header ceramic paint. They have probably about 1500 miles on them since I painted them