CALIPER PAINT HELP

[Vern]

HI,

i painted my calipers blue using hamerite smooth left it over night to harden poped round town a few times and poped home the paint seams softish now,

i used hamerite smooth gave it two coats i have a slight suspision i have used the wrong paint is hamerite smooth the hight temp paint and if so whys it going soft lol

 

[MT AUDIO]

did you leave it 24 hrs?

 

[Vern]

well finished it at 7pm last night and tried it this morn at 9:30am just wondering if therew was 2 versions of hamerite smooth a hight temp one and normal one

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Edit : Double bloody post , lol .

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Sounds like you might have applied it to thick and the paints cured on the top and still soft underneath . I hammerited a vice once and and put it on too thick , it took a good week to go hard . Driving you car " might " help as the heat will help the paint to cure faster . I used hammerite in aersols when i painted mine , lots of thin coats and it dried very quickly .

 

[MT AUDIO]

i always leave hammerite atleast 24hrs as like mrbillyuk says it is still soft underneath

 

[Vern]

so is hammerite smooth the correct paint i should have used?

i didnt know if there was two types of it or is it all high temp stuff..
1)hammerite smooth
2)hammerite smooth(high temp)

 

[MT AUDIO]

normal hammerite is fine,tis what 99% of people use

 

[Jay_clio]

engine paint most people use, you can get it from Halfords for under £5 .as its designed to work with heat and not melt away

 

[Vern]

normal hammerite is fine,tis what 99% of people use

Cheers mate, i have just been bricking it for the past hour as im doing a trip to scarbrough from hartlepool today and didnt fancy paint splating all over ..

thx for all who replied it is seriously appreciated

 

[MT AUDIO]

just make sure you leave it the rest of the day until you drive it again.lol

 

[Vern]

just make sure you leave it the rest of the day until you drive it again.lol

bugger iv got to go in three hours lol

 

[MT AUDIO]

i meant before you drive to scarborough,thatll be fine
just take braking easy

 

[cat171]

I gave mine a coat, then left them about an hour and a half before doing the send coat, once i'd done that I left them over night before re fitting the wheels to the car.

I too used Hammerite smooth.

 

[baz79]

is that best to leave it 24 hours before putting wheels back on ???

or is it fine putting them back on as long as you dont drive for a day???

 

[MT AUDIO]

putting em on will be fine

 

[gregwilliams333]

quick question how hot do the brakes get

 

[MT AUDIO]

300 degrees when they are warmed up!

 

[gregwilliams333]

bugger oh well