Painting calipers

[Jordi17]

Hi, I am probably (if it stays dry) going to paint my front brake calipers at the weekend, i am going to go for silver as i think it will go well with the car. Will this stuff below be OK to do it with and is it easy enough to do it without taking the caliper off? thanks
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1_productId_158822_langId_-1_categoryId_98168

 

[The_Pirate]

You could maskin tape the disc as close to the calliper as possible to avoid touching the disc with the paint.

Id get a wire brush in about it aswell incase theres any build up off rust, itll make for a better finish aswell

 

[Chrisjk]

Hammerite is absoloutely fine.

 

[Alexander]

yeah its good stuff, thats what i used (but in black) and i didnt take the caliper off, just used a smaller brush. make sure you get a wire brush to the caliper before you use paint it to get all the crap off

edit: beaten to it

 

[Jordi17]

You could maskin tape the disc as close to the calliper as possible to avoid touching the disc with the paint.

Id get a wire brush in about it aswell incase theres any build up off rust, itll make for a better finish aswell

yeah thats a good point, i will do that first to get all of the crap off

 

[Jordi17]

yeah its good stuff, thats what i used (but in black) and i didnt take the caliper off, just used a smaller brush. make sure you get a wire brush to the caliper before you use paint it to get all the crap off

edit: beaten to it

ok cool mate, did you manage to get all in the nooks and crannys, and did you get a good finish??

 

[The_Pirate]

A can of compressed air (or hoover) in about it aswell incase any of the dirt makes it between the brake pad and disc it may score it.

 

[Alexander]

yeah its good stuff, thats what i used (but in black) and i didnt take the caliper off, just used a smaller brush. make sure you get a wire brush to the caliper before you use paint it to get all the crap off

edit: beaten to it

ok cool mate, did you manage to get all in the nooks and crannys, and did you get a good finish??

yeah it was fine and finished well, only did 3 coats, that was a few months ago and still looks good

 

[AlexG]

a wire brush is a must to get a good clean surface to paint on.
any smallish brush is ok really to get in to the hard to reach places.
i done one coat left for about an hour and a half then hairdryered it then painted the next coat then left it over night before putting the wheel back on. than done the other side the next night. i done silver on the calipers and black on my rear drums looks perfect imo!

 

[Jordi17]

oh yeah, looks like a good job mate, best get a small brush as the calipers arnt that big

 

[Jordi17]

a wire brush is a must to get a good clean surface to paint on.
any smallish brush is ok really to get in to the hard to reach places.
i done one coat left for about an hour and a half then hairdryered it then painted the next coat then left it over night before putting the wheel back on. than done the other side the next night. i done silver on the calipers and black on my rear drums looks perfect imo!

i will just stick my wheel straight back on as the caliper doesnt touch the wheel - as long as it doesnt drip down. Do you have any pics of your silver front calipers mate?

 

[The_Pirate]

half inch will do it nicley mate, wee tip, before you do paint it dip the brush brissles in a wee bit of turpentine this will make the brissles soak up more paint and make for a more even finish

 

[The_Pirate]

a wire brush is a must to get a good clean surface to paint on.
any smallish brush is ok really to get in to the hard to reach places.
i done one coat left for about an hour and a half then hairdryered it then painted the next coat then left it over night before putting the wheel back on. than done the other side the next night. i done silver on the calipers and black on my rear drums looks perfect imo!

i will just stick my wheel straight back on as the caliper doesnt touch the wheel - as long as it doesnt drip down. Do you have any pics of your silver front calipers mate?

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Think it may need several hours to dry, id do it night before and give it a good chance to dry, the callipers get some heat when driven!

 

[Jordi17]

i will just stick my wheel straight back on as the caliper doesnt touch the wheel - as long as it doesnt drip down. Do you have any pics of your silver front calipers mate?

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Think it may need several hours to dry, id do it night before and give it a good chance to dry, the callipers get some heat when driven!

yeah it will be drying over night, the air will still get to it even though the wheel is on. obviously it isnt going to be driven until a few days after.

 

[AlexG]

a wire brush is a must to get a good clean surface to paint on.
any smallish brush is ok really to get in to the hard to reach places.
i done one coat left for about an hour and a half then hairdryered it then painted the next coat then left it over night before putting the wheel back on. than done the other side the next night. i done silver on the calipers and black on my rear drums looks perfect imo!

i will just stick my wheel straight back on as the caliper doesnt touch the wheel - as long as it doesnt drip down. Do you have any pics of your silver front calipers mate?

here you go very dirty though that is after 2 months need to get in there with some water and a brush to clean them.
and i used the hammered finish silver

thats the best pic i got

and as for leaving the wheel off overnight. i would strongly reccomend it as on my rear drums it dripped and i now have a black blob of paint on the inside of my wheel. although i have managed to get most of it off with a brilo pad!

 

[Jordi17]

i will just stick my wheel straight back on as the caliper doesnt touch the wheel - as long as it doesnt drip down. Do you have any pics of your silver front calipers mate?

here you go very dirty though that is after 2 months need to get in there with some water and a brush to clean them.
and i used the hammered finish silver

thats the best pic i got

and as for leaving the wheel off overnight. i would strongly reccomend it as on my rear drums it dripped and i now have a black blob of paint on the inside of my wheel. although i have managed to get most of it off with a brilo pad!

looks good, if i start in the morning/early afternoon, they should be half dry by night anyway, ill see how it goes

 

[Lewis_S]

will hammerite with stand the heat produced through braking ?? becuase ive noticed that they do sell paint specialised for this sort of thing which as u could imagine is twice as expensive

 

[cat171]

I used hammerite smooth on mine, it's fine.

Done them all with it, no probs at all. It's all in the prep (wire brushing & a clean up of the caliper)

 

[Lewis_S]

yeh true hammerite is tough stuff !!

 

[AlexG]

the caliper its self doesnt get hot enough i think! as said as long as you have a clean surface to paint on first and two coats it will be fine. everyone uses hammerite and it is ok!

 

[Jordi17]

hopefully it doesnt rain so i can get out and do them at the weekend, made my mind up and think i will go for silver
Hammerite will be fine as i used it before when painting calipers

 

[adamlewis01]

yellow FTW!

 

[Jordi17]

painted my calipers silver today, rear drums black and fitted some clear side repeaters! really please with it, will post some pics tomorrow as ive only just finished cleaning it