Burnt exhaust tips
OK so i got a new exhaust and there's always been one thing ive wanted to do, but could never be bothered to - burning the end of my exhaust to get that burnt blue look
Really is very easy so thought i would share the info for anyone who wants to try it!
You will need - metal polish, a hot flame (blowtorch is best), and an exhaust made of Stainless Steel/Titanium
Its best to do this with the exhaust off the car, for obvious reasons
Everything you do here is completely reversible also, if you over burn, you can just polish it back
- pictures of the finish are really hard to take with a phone or any camera because of the lighting reflecting off only certain parts of the exhaust. Images appear to have the colours all over the place, but in the flesh it is one solid block of colour
First clean up the exhaust till super shiny with the polish
like this
be sure to clean off any remaining polish, then wash it off for good measure!
now the fun part, burn sh1t!
at first i used my hob, but then discovered that that sucked pretty damn hard
so i used this instead
here is it after about 30 seconds
here it is currently just need to go over it one more time to get it all blue
update - did it for a friend today, this is how it turned out
Its easy to do, but not easy to master. So here are some tips -
-there are different colours for different levels of heat oxidation
-it starts brassy
-then golden brown
-purple
-dark blue
-light blue
-silver
- apply baby oil to areas to be heated, this helps spread the heat so that you dont get spots of different colour
- apply the heat slowly, if you go red hot, its too far, it will go silver and you will have to polish it back and start again
-start with the flame horizontal to the edge, as if the flame is facing down the length of the exhaust piping
-be patient
-heat evenly, not in spots, or you will get spots of different colour hue
-i chose to stay at a purple hue because i thought it looks cool, you can do whatever you want!
- heat slowly with the flame around 10cm away. other wise you may end up heating it too much and you get silver, which believe me, is soul destroying when your polishing it back
-practice on a spoon seriously though. Cutlery makes for great practice. Also, JDM cutlery bro!
also i am not responsible for you melting your car / third degree burns
some additional links
http://www.nsxprime....nt-exhaust-tips
http://forum.e46fana...ad.php?t=827674