Member Since: 15 Apr 2008
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 196
Caliper painting ...
My brake calipers are looking a bit rusty, now I have wheels with bigger gaps!
I appreciate one can get specialist brake caliper paint, but I happen to have a tin of silver Hammerite in my garage ... is Hammerite good enough for the heat etc?
Also, the hubs are going the same way - appear to be a duck egg blue ...
THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING INTO HALFORDS AND ASKING FOR "DUCK EGG BLUE" HAMMERITE!!!!
(It's probably an offence)
Has anyone painted them a different colour and thought ... "Fabulous. I should've been a painter ..." Paramedic, Father, Dog lover and Husband ... in no particular order!
2nd Mar 2010 11:18 pm
Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462
I am considering this too, I seem to remember from my Escort mk1 days its shimple, heat resitant caliper paint is available in many colours, and of course silver - the one that you will require. Dont bother with the hammerite IMO.Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
2nd Mar 2010 11:20 pm
Alan G
Member Since: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1372
Yes, i have done mine. It's a caliper painting kit you buy, which contains a tin of brake cleaner for washing calipers etc down and a smallish tin of pait. The paint is very thin and opaic and requires a few coats to get a suitable solid look finish.
Cost was about the £20 mark.
The kit i bought was available in Red, Blue or Yellow. ATB
Member Since: 11 Nov 2008
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 201
Oh, interesting... any photos of the finished calipers?Cheers Paul
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3rd Mar 2010 12:10 am
Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462
Going with yellow would certainly carry on with the cheese theme - if you get my drift You can do what you want of course as we are in a free world.......at the moment Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
3rd Mar 2010 12:28 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8053
Having put anthracite coloured wheels on my car it makes the hubs behind stand out, mine are 'flat grey' rather than 'duck-egg blue'
They are also rusty on the rear (fronts are new) so will be getting a lick of black heat resistant paint when I get time
3rd Mar 2010 12:40 am
StephenO
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 1651
Caliper Paint
I'm also thinkin about it, AlanG put me onto the paint so I had a look on fleabay, E-Tech paint kit comes in a few colours for a reasonable price - I'm thinkin Silver or Blue - cant make up my mind
StephenO
3rd Mar 2010 1:10 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20733
I used Hammerite on my calipers. 6 months of 'enthusiastic' driving, paint is all still fine. No chips, or lifting paint etc My D3 Build Thread
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