[Chiefmorton]

Any thoughts on painting the muffler heat shield with hi-temp stove paint? I would think since that paint works good on a wood stove it would surely hold up to the heat from a muffler wouldn't it?

 

[kevin8509]

Easy way to tell would be running the machine really hard and then checking the temp of the heat shield with a tempature gun. If it gets up to 500° just buy a stove paint that will handle above and beyond that temp.

 

[thorman]

No problem doing it, get a good high temp paint from any auto parts store and do some customizing!

 

[Chiefmorton]

Thanks for the replies think I'll it give it a shot I've got some stove paint left from a wood stove I painted.

 

[commanderjjones]

Good to see ya on here Brian!

Isn't the heat shield aluminum (so it shouldn't rust)? I would be afraid that painting it might cause it to hold more heat.......probably not enough to cause any harm, but might make it less effective.

 

[Chiefmorton]

Thanks Jerry glad to be back on here and glad to be back in a Ranger had a long dry spell lol. The main reason for wanting to paint the heat shield is because it sticks out like a sore thumb with it being shiny and pretty large. I appreciate all the feedback and special thanks to teshreve for the link, it's always nice to see where something has been done and see the end results .

 

[joshtb06]

Got to O'riellys and get VHT flameproof paint I think it's good for like 2000F I used it on my motorcycle exhaust it's the only paint that wouldnt burn off


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[Chiefmorton]

Thanks for the info I'll pick some of that up sounds like it'll perform better than the stove paint I've got.