seba Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thinking about painting the brakes of the sup since i cleaned them yesterday. What paint do you guys use? I find so many threads on this on the web... Most people offcourse say Hammerite, but this isn't heat resistant is it? I read only >80° but i find this hard to believe as many people use this on their callipers. So the mostly recommended after Hammerite is just some heatresistant paint. People seem to have no problem with that either. Anyone can give me some advice? And allso do you use something to degrease before painting? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I hear plastikote is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaz2010 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Halfords have proper caliper paint it's about £12 and it does all the calipers with 3 coats and some left over. Or they do the spary kind! I used the the paint not the spary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) I'd be checking the state of the seals first Also if you have j specs i'd be taking them apart and putting some copper slip on the sliding pins as these are prone to siezing Edited March 10, 2011 by Dnk (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodilx6 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 After cleaning my calipers, I used a Dremel tool with a small copper wire brush to clean even more. They seamed ready for paint after that. Make sure you get paint that are made for calipers as they can heat towards 300c. My paint said that it should be hardned in an oven, but also that that would result in a lot of smoke, so I didn't do that. Hope it is hardned enough as it has had several months do dry over the winter. Finished the job with heat resistant lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hammerite smooth used it for years never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 So now the brakes are 'clean' do you put something else on it before you paint them? I read a lot that people use this hammerite stuff that hardens the remaining rust and makes it into a solid base to paint over. Anyone experience with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'd be checking the state of the seals first Also if you have j specs i'd be taking them apart and putting some copper slip on the sliding pins as these are prone to siezing i'll check on them wanted to refurb them anyways. The sliders seem ok to me, they slide...so they are ok no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrikbrunt Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hammerite all the way, ive painted a few different sets of brakes with it and it's never reacted in any way to the heat. Goes straight on to rust as well so preparation needed is minimal, just a good degrease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackso11 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 if there is paint already on the caliper should it be removed or just scuffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hammerite all the way, ive painted a few different sets of brakes with it and it's never reacted in any way to the heat. Goes straight on to rust as well so preparation needed is minimal, just a good degrease. Ok thx for the info, I'm still getting all the rust off first as i don't want to be sorry in the future. Just got me a can of hammerite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Do you remove all brake pads or just mask over them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Do you remove all brake pads or just mask over them? I just took of the entire brakes from the car mate, took everything apart so is much easier. You can offcourse paint them while they are on the car but seems way harder to me. Offcourse you don't need to paint the inside of the brakes where the brakepads are as no one will ever see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kanekane Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I used VHT spray paint, it's high quality high temp paint specially designed for the heat of brake calipers. They have a nice Red, but various other color too. Did a deep degreasing and cleaning, then deep sanding of the calipers. I masked the pistons boots, bleeder, removed the hoses, and did 4 really thin layers of VHT. Didn't used primer or clear coat and it turned great, you can always clean and add clear coat later. VHT make a high temp clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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