Is hammerite smooth heat resistive?

[dannyboy172]

Anybody know?

 

[Lee]

I'm pretty sure Telford Mike did his old Dynamique track day wheels with Hammerite smooth and that resisted the heat from the brakes fine.

 

[azfaromeo2]

I've painted calipers on many cars with Hammerite smooth and no problems so far

 

[Gweebs]

Why??

 

[Rich]

Fine on calipers, I would'nt use it on anything that gets any hotter than them.

 

[Matta_88]

Would you use the aerosol or normal paint for the calipers? Im thinkin green on my black clio

 

[Nik]

The silver hammerite smooth i painted my 172 calipers with were fine day to day, but the heat generated in the brakes on trackdays made the silver turn a bluey gold colour. Wasn't really a problem, i just painted over them again.

 

[dannyboy172]

Its not for my calipers, its for my engine bay...gauging on the above its a no no then. lol

I've used some very high temperature paint, which is fine, but the finish isn't that spectactular and i want something as a top coat.

 

[G_F]

I have heard of people painting their engine block with the stuff without a problem, ill dig it out..

 

[Rich]

Would you use the aerosol or normal paint for the calipers? Im thinkin green on my black clio

On the car - Brush on

Off the car and stripped down - Aerosol

 

[Nik]

Its not for my calipers, its for my engine bay...gauging on the above its a no no then. lol

I wouldn't rule it out necessarily, the brake pads could quite easily have been reaching 600C + so the calipers would probably be hotter than anything in your engine bay should be i'd have thought.

 

[dannyboy172]

Cheers Nik,

I'll paint a little test patch - i can always remove it if it starts to turn.

 

[mandy007]

try www.frost.co.uk for engine paint im restoring a rs1600i and there products are really good

 

[Middo]

Cheers Nik,

I'll paint a little test patch - i can always remove it if it starts to turn.

makavelli used spray hammerite on his 'renaultsport' background about a month ago, and thats been fine without any signs of problems occurring.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Should be fine on the engine , no problems on calipers and they get hell of alot hotter than the top of the engine .