Exhaust coating to prevent rust.

Hi all, the exhaust on my Bandit has rusted away at the point where the front and rear join. I have a replacement rear pipe and was wondering if there is anything i can coat it with to prevent it going the same way. Would red oxide paint be suitable? Any suggestions welcome! Ta.

 

The best fix is to replace mild steel with stainless or Titanium. If you must stick with mild steel, paint it with barbecue paint, regularly.

 

Barbecue paint? I shall look it up. I am going to get the old pipe re welded with stainless. Apart from the mild steel part its immaculate! Thanks for the advice.

 

There,s loads of other special paints, none of em work. How much you paying for weld repair?

 

I haven't looked into it yet. Any thoughts?

 

Would be interested in what you get quoted, and I,ll probably be able to beat it.

 

Can you TiG weld??? If I decides to keep my YZF, I might want to spend a few quids to get some mods done to the alloy swingarm.

 

I do the fabrication and get a professional welder to do the welding.

 

At the moment it looks like this

But would like it to look like this with fabricated alloy plates welded in the gaps

Is it possible & what's the damage???

 

Yes it is possible and I have no idea how much. Need to have a look at it ?

 

So have you any idea on cost yet mega?

 

Pm yer number for a chat mate..?

 

Will do once I've worked out how to do that

 

Have sent you a PM mate, just bell me or reply to it

 

There's no point mixing mild and stainless on the same pipework. If 90% of it's mild then a tiny corrosion resistant patch makes little to no sense.

BBQ paint isn't up to the rigours of 80mph spray and dirt being flung at it and the heat build up is far higher on an exhaust, you'll be recoating it every week. I used higer temp paint on the Mini exhaust and it lasted all of about 25minutes.

Best coating for exhaust pipes is ceramic, it's not overly expensive and it's treat and forget. Plus you can have it in a range of crazy colours

Your ally plates shouldn't cost you more than 2hours work, unless you want them to brush finish the ally too. It's simple shapes and easy to access. Don't know what the going rates are down south and the aerospace guy I use is a friend so my idea of costs are probably a tad on the low side

 

Ah.....aerospace. Now there's a thought. Forgotten so much! I should of kept in contact with the people I worked with in this industry!