What paint should I use on a muffler?

[Erik1055 9]

I have an old style muffler with no holes on the front with a tube that comes out the side. I have glass beated it and painted it with a special high heat silicone paint made for exhaust. But I can not get the paint to stay on the muffler even after curing it in an industrial oven. Not sure if regular spray paint would hold up? Anyone have any ideas on painting mufflers?

[rmaynard 16,289]

When you say that the paint won't stay on, do you mean it is peeling off or is it just burning off?

[AMC RULES 37,195]

This should do the job nicely.

[bowtiebutler956 650]

The paint Craig has in the pic, is the only paint I use on exhaust, and it works great!

Matt :flags-texas:

[Kelly 1,033]

I've had very good luck with rust oleum high temp BBQ paint, Wally world had it on clearance last fall for $5 for the BIG can I bought 2 I should have bought more, reg. price is about $10, but before that I had never tried it.

[Erik1055 9]

Thanks everyone for the feedback! The paint will actually just rub of on your hands. I washed my tractor before taking it to the show and it would flake off with water. The heat doesnt seem to bother the paint at all. I will glass bead it again, and buy a can of the vht flame proof paint. Hopefully I have the same luck you guys have had.

-Erik-

[Jake Kuhn 1,579]

I have also had luck with the same paint kelly used. Stays on really well! Jake

[WH520 17]

I used Rustoleum High Temp paint on mine 4 years ago with no prep work at all and it's just now starting to "wear" off.

[rwilson 128]

Try sandblasting it this time. maybe the metal needs to be rough for it to stick?

[Erik1055 9]

Well I took my muffler back off and removed the silicon paint in the glass beader. I used the vht flame proof ceramic paint and baked it in the oven at 600 for an hour. It worked great, I can handle it with out the paint coming off on my hands. Thanks for the advice, wish I had found that along time ago!

-Erik-

[Zeek 2,286]

This should do the job nicely.

I used it before too without an issue.

[Tankman 3,523]

I too used RustOleum High Temp, worked fine.

My latest find, '68 Raider 12 has a stainless Steel muffler. I'm not going to paint it.

Thinking, "I once gave away a couple of stainless steel Harley Davidson mufflers. I wonder..........."