Does anyone know, or has painted brake drums with standard metal paint rather than high heat paint, i don't really know how hot the brake drums get?

Richard

Hammerite will be fine.

Is it only calipers that get really hot?

Calipers have been painted with Hammerite too, without any reported problems...

I've sprayed mine with silver hammerite type a paint, inside and out but obviously maksed off the surfacface the shoes touch

that paint should be good to about 200 C - can;t see that I will get them as hot as that ... but time will tell.

i have just painted mine with coach paint (same colour as car )
i know im sad !

done about 100 miles no probs yet !

[Edited on 29/6/06 by ch1ll1]

As far as I can make out it's less of a problem than people think, but the paint may discolor with the heat. I have painted mine with chassis black so this should'nt be a problem.Time will tell.

Dan

ive always used ordinary gloss
non drip for better cover and no runs

Hammerite lots of nice colours

Plasicoat ceramic paint.

Small pots (like baby food) from B&Q for a couple of pound.

Comes in a million colours including fluor's and chrome.

No problems here.

Pat...

Yep another vote for hammerite. I had assembled my drums back plates on the wrong side of the hub so they were touching. They were glowing red hot within a mile and the paint only just started to burn off then and the heat damage was very localised.

Pretty resiliant to heat, more than adequate for drums.
Rgds

Rich

[Edited on 29/6/06 by RichieC]
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The main (only?) advantage of the proper "caliper paint" is, it's unaffected by brake fluid.

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Originally posted by UncleFista
The main (only?) advantage of the proper "caliper paint" is, it's unaffected by brake fluid.

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I used engine enamel on my calipers and drums and never had a problem. Small pots from Halfords or Frosts are quite cheap and available in most of the standard "brake caliper" colours, e.g. black, red, yellow etc.

Ok, spray or bruish paint calipers??????

I had my old drums and loads of other donor bits professionally rust removed and zind primed. Allwere then etch primed before spraying with silver smoorthrite. No issues 1 year and 3,500 miles on.

Drums have since been sprayed with std satin black spray and look great so far.