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Cerakote on engine cases
Andych:
Plenty of people using Cerakote on engines etc here in Australia... there are some spectacular colours on some 2 stoke stuff I have seen...
Basic qualities are chemical resistance (fuel and oil) scratch resistance etc...
there are some good pics from this site on FB and no doubt plenty of good ones in the UK too.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/xtremefuelsystems/photos/?ref=page_internal
masonmart:
--- Quote from: eight0 on November 03, 2020, 06:49:07 PM ---I think I know the answer to this before I ask it.
Can you Cerakote on engine cases, head etc.
The nature of ceramic coatings is that it retains heat. These engines are air cooled so anything that retains heat is probably a bad idea.
Fine for covers not for bits that need to keep cool.
Is my thinking right? Has anyone tried it on the engine? I like the idea of it because it's so durable and I don't have to upset the other half by ruining the oven.
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I have my complete engine and pipes coated with Cerakote, looks great and no problems of any kind.
K2-K6:
Out today and dropped by Lv and he showed me some items that he'd had finished this way. It does look and feel a very good finish on those that I saw, exhaust, bars and handlebar switches. Very thin coating with no filler "effect that you may get with powder coat for example.
Watched this https://youtu.be/90bGRCKvQDo to see what's involved, seems quite simple and more or less a catalyst cured paint product that they subsequently heat "harden". What's in it that makes it "cera" implying ceramic content, it's hard to discern.
Looking at the switch application though brought thoughts of just how good it looked if you were to use in restoration work on these bikes. You can trim the matt, semi or other aspect of it too and get just what you want.
It's just that aspect of heat retention that seems at odds with it's usefulness, but I can't see those claims standing up anyway.
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