hellbent345
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 07:42 AM |
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brake caliper painting
painting the calipers again this weekend, i put one layer on, and waited for well over the recommended 24 hours (painted on fri eve) and second coated
them on sunday night, and the bloody paint stripped off the first layer as i was painting the second! the first layer was hard and dry when i started
but as soon as i touched fresh paint it just came off the metal like id just put one layer on, and the worst thing is this paint is really thin so it
seems like its never actually sticking to the metal! anyone else had anything like this? can anyone recommend a caliper paint that will leave my
calipers with an actual professional finish instead of a one coat brush marked finish?
thanks al
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RichardK
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 09:33 AM |
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I used Halfrauds blue caliper paint and it seems ok.
Rich
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DarrenW
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 09:57 AM |
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I bought exchange calipers for my car that looked like they had a zinc coating. I just etched primed then sprayed with smoothrite and they have been
fine.
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maskell01
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 11:32 AM |
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i used hammerite smooth!bit of a labourious task but well worth it in the long run.
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 12:06 PM |
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Yup, smooth satin black hammerite to M16 calipers for me too. Pretty tough finish, hasn't peeled off yet and seems pretty resistant to brake
fluid.
I think caliper paint, engine block paint etc etc is all a bit of a con. But then that might just be the sceptic in me. Calipers don't tend to
get thaaat hot anyway (especially for road driving). I think you'll be having fluid boiling problems before its hot enough on the outside of the
caliper to ruin the paint finish!
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hellbent345
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 12:09 PM |
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cool hammerite it shall be, i take it you can get red smoothrite..? also can you electrolyse the main brake caliper bit straight off the car? with the
piston and things still in it? prob some brake fluid as well?
thanks al
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