Fluoride intercalation/deintercalation cycles on commercially available high purity graphite electrodes leads to powder formation and electrode damage. Formation of polypyrrole films of optimum thickness by potential cycling on the graphite surface before fluoride intercalation leads to good mechanical stability to the electrode during intercalation/deintercalation cycles. The intercalation potential shifts by 200 mV in the positive direction. The intercalation and deintercalation charges (Q(a), Q(c)) also decrease slightly. However the charge recovery ratio (Q(c)/Q(a)) improves significantly. Since the polypyrrole layer is compact on the graphite surface, the present study indicates that the film offers mechanical stability to the graphite film without affecting the electronic conductivity of the surface. F- ion transport through the film also occurs with a small overvoltage.