High heat paints

[Tommy D6-8U]

I need to paint the muffler on my Farmall H some sort of silver. I bought a quart of Rustoleum silver at Home Depot that I used on the wheel rims and the muffler but it is bubbling up on the muffler; looks great on the wheels! Has anyone had any luck finding a high heat paint in a spray can? I only need enough to paint the muffler.

Got a lot of good advice here for painting my old girl. Its not perfect and is certainly not show quality but will do for the local parades and shows. Thanks to all you paint experts!

 

[Stephen Newell]

Rustoleum makes the same paint in a spray can. I believe I picked up mine at Walmart. I didn't have any problem with bubbling on mine.

 

[souNdguy]

high temp silver and black are available at most hardware and box stores.

the black I use is BBQ black. most are i the 1200' range. i'm pretty sure rustoleum has the silver as well..someone does.. I painted the stack on my ford 4600 with it this year.. got it at walmart or lowes i'm sure...

soundguy

 

[Indiana Ken]

Might try Rust-Oleum "Specialty High Heat" sliver # 7716. The label claims resists to 1200 degrees. I have not used it on a muffler however I have been happy with it on BBQ grill parts. It is more of a flat sliver rather than faux chrome. I bought mine at Menards.

 

[souNdguy]

yep.. that's exactly wht i used. almost a 'brushed' aluminum or zinc coating.. not a high shine chromy silver. but it is working good where I've used it. done hours and hours of mowing on my diesel ford 4600 and none of the paint has given any indication it's gonna come off.

keep in mind most of them hi-temp paints like some run in time while curing.. like to go on a warm surface then be run for, in some cases, 30m at 500+ degrees to properly cure. especially the carbon/ blacking ones.

soundguy

 

[Matt in Mich]

Most auto parts stores carry high temp paints in spray cans. Don't remember the brand, but sprayed the exhaust manifold and muffler on my 1030. Seems to be holding pretty good. As I remember, there were a couple of different heat ranges at the store where I bought mine. Used the hotter one.

 

[Tommy D6-8U]

Found some silver grill paint at the local hardware store. Will try that.

Thanks guys!

 

[Meangreen]

I used some from O"Reily"s that will go 2000 degrees. The stuff takes a week to fully cure, just to warn you. Have noticed that after 9 months it has started to wear off. I was warned up front that eventually that stuff will fail. The only other option would be to powder coat it, I believe that stuff can take high temps. Check out Eastwood, it"s a car restoration site, but has lots of info on paints and preps.

 

[wforpm]

Used Rust-o-leum grill paint, spray, on my manifold and it worked great. Not sure of available colors.
You can always have it nickel plated. Tell them you want the plating that is used on old wood stoves.

 

[charles todd]

I bought some high temp silver, Ace Hardware brand rattle can paint for my Farmall 504 muffler. I have yet to use it. Directions say that it needs heat to cure. I guess that means paint it, let it set a while, ease it onto the manifold, then run the pee out of the tractor to cure the paint.

CT

 

[kruck]

High temp engine paint. Can get it at any auto parts store. Use it on all my manifolds and mufflers without any issues.

 

[Anonymous-0]

VHT makes the best hi-heat paint. Good for up to 2500 degrees.
Summitracing has it as well as Jegs etc.