[DeTomaso] Anyone cooked their mufflers?

[Charles McCall]

I'm touching up my mufflers... painting the cans black with high temp paint.
Supposed to be good up to 800C. 
 
Instructions say to paint the item and then cure at 200C for an hour. The
instructions say this is to dry it completely. Any educated guesses as to
the necessity of this? I probably won't have my car driveable again for a
couple more weeks. Should I wait until I can drive it until painting the
mufflers? Or will the two weeks sitting be enough for the paint to dry
completely? 
 
Any guesses? The Texas boys that cut their mufflers open - any ideas? 
 
Thanks!
 
Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
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