Re: Painting calipers

[Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com>]

Shawn spewed:
 
> At 02:57 PM 6/28/97 +0000, Steph wrote:
> >I thought of painting my calipers at one point many moons ago.  Before I
> >really made plans to have it done, I went to car shows and asked
> >around.  If my car would be a "trailer queen" it would be okay, but for
> >a daily driver, it would require reapplication too frequently for my
> >taste.  But then again, that's just me.  Maybe you won't mind.
 
> Well, my experience was to try it and see how long it lasts. I removed the 
> pad carrier from my calipars and sprayed the crapolaa ourt of it with brake 
> cleaner and used a wire brush to clean it as good as I could get it. T
> hen I sprayed about 4 coats of your generic Red engine hi-temp paint (Makes 
> sence to use it). Let it dry and reassembled it. 
> Its been over a year and I havent had to repaint it so far. I just wipe them 
> down with a sponge while im cleaning the wheels. The look pretty good after 
> all of this time and hot racing temps. I think its in how well you prep the 
> job (Spend some time on it and it will last.) and in applying 3-4 coats to 
> allow it to be a bit durrable. 
> Thats been my experience, HTH!
 
  The best high temp paint I've seen said that it needed to be baked in
around 650 degrees F. Fortunately I have an oven at work that hits this temp
easily. I painted my header on my bike black, and haven't had any problems
with the paint at all, its about 4 mos. old. The paint didn't seem to stick
well until it was baked, I accidentally rubbed a little bit off before I
baked it. But once I cooked it, it hasn't had any problems since. It seems
much more durable than the low temp stuff.

Later,
Brad

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