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    Has anyone been able to find a gloss black high temp powder coat? All I've seen is flat black on the high temp stuff. I was wanting it for some headers.
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    '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
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    '81 YZ250
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  • #2
    Originally posted by trbig View Post
    Has anyone been able to find a gloss black high temp powder coat? All I've seen is flat black on the high temp stuff. I was wanting it for some headers.
    Its out there Tod...I found this site quickly enough...
    http://www.caswellplating.com/powder...lications.html
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    • #3
      Tod,
      If you can't locate any, you might give Rod Brakhage a call.
      He does powder coating, ya know.
      Pretty sure he could help ya out.

      I have his number, if you need it.
      Bob
      '82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)

      '79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby.... (Sold back to Maximan)

      2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS

      In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
      "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

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      • #4
        I was looking into these a while back.

        http://www.cerakotehightemp.com/

        http://www.cerakotehightemp.com/ copy and paste
        Last edited by SFerinTEXAS; 10-11-2014, 02:01 PM.
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        • #5
          X2 on the cerakote. We spoke to a firearm dealer up the street who actively uses cerakote. We are in the process of getting quotes on exhausts for our builds, if we can get a good exhaust sample shoot from them I'll definitely share.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by SFerinTEXAS View Post
            I was looking into these a while back.

            http://www.cerakotehightemp.com/

            http://www.cerakotehightemp.com/ copy and paste
            this stuff looks excellent...
            1980 XS650G Special-Two
            1993 Honda ST1100

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            • #7
              Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
              this stuff looks excellent...
              I've seen an exhaust with a high-temp ceramic coating and it's pretty fragile. It may be temp resistant, but not friction. Just a normal installation onto the bike marked it up pretty noticeably. It's NOTHING like powder coating for durability, which is dang near bullet proof. I'd just never seen gloss up to this point for the high temp.

              That Caswell doesn't give any specs that I see besides a 450 degree cure at 20 minutes. I wonder what it s max service temps are. Considering the temps that chrome turns blue at... it'd have to be much higher than that 450.
              Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

              You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

              Current bikes:
              '06 Suzuki DR650
              *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
              '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
              '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
              '81 XS1100 Special
              '81 YZ250
              '80 XS850 Special
              '80 XR100
              *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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              • #8
                I saw 1000 degrees on the Caswell stuff...prolly not good enough...i merely posted that as an example of how quickly i found something on the net...it seems its not as easy to find as one would like...a glossy black high temp coating that will hold up to everything...
                1980 XS650G Special-Two
                1993 Honda ST1100

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                • #9
                  There's some rattle can stuff that withstands even higher than that, but... it's rattle can stuff. It seemed to hold up about as well as the professional ceramic coated stuff.. meaning not very well. The center headers get sandblasted behind the front wheel on a fairly steady basis, and nothing I've tried withstands that for very long. It was maybe a year or so ago, but I'd searched for a long time and never seen any high temp gloss, so apparently there's some stuff now coming out. BUT since I hadn't been able to find any before.. was the reason for my posting.

                  So.. I was thinking of either sending them off to Jet Hot, while I have a good solid system still, (Seem to be getting about like hen's teeth.. even worse for the XJ) to get done in their "Chrome" or try to look some more for a gloss black that would take the heat. Haven't decided yet and was just looking at options still.
                  Last edited by trbig; 10-14-2014, 06:19 AM.
                  Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                  You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                  Current bikes:
                  '06 Suzuki DR650
                  *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                  '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                  '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                  '81 XS1100 Special
                  '81 YZ250
                  '80 XS850 Special
                  '80 XR100
                  *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                  • #10
                    You also might consider adding a fender extender that would keep alot of that road crap from contacting the headers in the first place...good luck finding what you want...
                    1980 XS650G Special-Two
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                    • #11
                      I guess I'll be 1st to try this Duplicolor 2000° paint, flat black like stove paint goes on first then a gloss clear. Both are 2000° finish, what would U-ALL suggest for prep. sand blast, soda, glass bead, just to get the chrome ready to accept paint ?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                        You also might consider adding a fender extender that would keep alot of that road crap from contacting the headers in the first place...good luck finding what you want...


                        Along with some curb finders, whitewall tires, handlebar tassels, etc...
                        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                        Current bikes:
                        '06 Suzuki DR650
                        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                        '81 XS1100 Special
                        '81 YZ250
                        '80 XS850 Special
                        '80 XR100
                        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by trbig View Post
                          Along with some curb finders, whitewall tires, handlebar tassels, etc...
                          If yer lookin' fer a whitewall... ya might check with Ivan and see if he still has that Dunlop from Eureka Springs...

                          I'm sure you could convince him ta part with it!


                          '82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)

                          '79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby.... (Sold back to Maximan)

                          2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS

                          In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
                          "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by XJOK2PLAY View Post
                            If yer lookin' fer a whitewall... ya might check with Ivan and see if he still has that Dunlop from Eureka Springs...

                            I'm sure you could convince him ta part with it!


                            He tried to give it to me 3 years ago when I had a flat on the rear on the way to The Lost Rally. Even offered to deliver it.

                            It's gotta be getting some age on it.
                            Greg

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                              He tried to give it to me 3 years ago when I had a flat on the rear on the way to The Lost Rally. Even offered to deliver it.

                              It's gotta be getting some age on it.
                              HaHaHa!
                              That's funny!
                              '82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)

                              '79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby.... (Sold back to Maximan)

                              2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS

                              In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
                              "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

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