rpsmith
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 10:57 AM |
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Painting Brake Drums
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
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andyharding
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:11 AM |
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Hammerite will be fine.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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rpsmith
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:13 AM |
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Is it only calipers that get really hot?
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:15 AM |
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Calipers have been painted with Hammerite too, without any reported problems...
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02GF74
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:20 AM |
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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.
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:21 AM |
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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]
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:38 AM |
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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
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nige
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:38 AM |
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drum paint
ive always used ordinary gloss
non drip for better cover and no runs
when you start this journey
you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time
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wyatt
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 11:52 AM |
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Hammerite lots of nice colours
www.bynxy.co.uk
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Avoneer
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 03:30 PM |
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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...
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RichieC
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 04:18 PM |
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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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UncleFista
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 05:05 PM |
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The main (only?) advantage of the proper "caliper paint" is, it's unaffected by brake fluid.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 29/6/06 at 07:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
The main (only?) advantage of the proper "caliper paint" is, it's unaffected by brake fluid.
It's actually brake fluid resistant, not brake fluid proof. It also repells brake dust very easily... not that it matters that much.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 3/7/06 at 12:15 PM |
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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.
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TimC
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| posted on 10/11/06 at 07:02 PM |
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Love dragging old post up....
Ok, spray or bruish paint calipers??????
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DarrenW
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| posted on 10/11/06 at 10:11 PM |
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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.
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