[PAAirheads] Exhaust Re-Coating Idea

[Mac Kirkpatrick]

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The new exhaust system on my R80G/S started to rust due to, I think,
getting calcium chloride on the bike when I rode the Mid Atlantic Back
Country Discovery Route, see
https://ridebdr.com/MABDR

I had run into salt on dirt roads in Alaska and it is insidious and nasty,
causing rust seemingly forever and and is hard to wash off your bike. It is
used primarily to keep the level of dust down on the dirt roads.

So what to do? I did not want to chrome plate it, but I know from looking
into chrome plating for other used exhaust systems that chrome plating is
increasingly expensive and chrome platers will NOT re-chrome any used
parts as the "baths" they use will become contaminated, which requires
throwing out the solutions which is very expensive. So what process will
allow coating of used parts?

I had heard of Cerakote for coating guns, see
https://tinyurl.com/y4rkjuxt
and looked into it for re-coating my exhaust.

It turns out there are different coatings (and colors)  that can be applied
for different situations such as high heat in an exhaust system.

I contacted Titanium Finishing via the Cerakote website, above, since they
seemed good and are close to me, see
https://www.titaniumfinishing.com/

It took a few trials for Titanium Finishing to achieve results they were
happy with, but just last week Matt Eccleston of TF told me they had
achieved a good coating using the Cerakote C series coating. I am impressed
by his integrity and desire to achieve excellent results.

The parts have been shipped from TF and will be mounted shortly. Whether
this system truly works will be shown once some miles are on this re-coated
exhaust, and I will report later about that, but I thought my experience
might help others.

Contact TF for the cost as it varies by how many parts are involved; I sent
a picture of my exhaust I had gleaned from the internet.

And BTW Cerakote can be custom applied in any number of ways in many
colors; do a Google search of Images, then enter Cerakote coating, then
Cerakote exhaust, Cerakote coating guns, etc. It is pretty amazing what you
will see that can be achieved.


Mac Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore, PA

"After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?"
C. Donahue