I have had two sets of sidepipes coated by Swain and their ceramic coating is similar to rough sandpaper, a textured finish, avaiable in white only, but can be sprayed black , which I have done, with a high temp paint. Swain's version of ceramic coating could never be polished. Cost is in the $350 range. Located in upstate New York
From the Swain web site:
Because White Lightning™ really is a ceramic, it is not possible to offer color choices like you can get with paint based coatings. However, the white textured finish of White Lightning™ makes it an ideal base for a good high temperature paint if you want to change the color of the coating. The high temperature paints bond well to the natural textured finish of White Lightning and the paint will not impact the effectiveness or durability of the White Lightning™ coating.
Many companies apply the shiny or colored paint based coatings and call them ceramic. Those thin shiny coatings are very different than Swain Tech’s White Lightning™.
Whereas it would be more accurate to call those thin shiny coatings good high temperature paints that may have a very small amount added to them, Swain really uses a ceramic coating that is applied molten where it bonds and cools directly on the substrate.
White Lightning is applied much thicker than any of the cosmetic coatings. White Lightning™ is applied about .015” thick compared to about .002” thick for the cosmetic coatings
http://www.swaintech.com/store.asp?pid=10969
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