Hammerite metal paint....

[Gary G]

Is this stuff ok for brake calipers? There's no mention of temps on the tin.

cheers

 

[bang]

i painted mine with the bronze stuff, its fine but clean the calipers up good and proper first

 

[Jonaldinho]

Yes its fine mate but as bang said give your calipers a good clean first and give the calipers 2 good coats and leave plenty of drying time. Heres mine in Silver.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Jonaldinho/100_0135.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Jonaldinho/100_0134.jpg

 

[Gary G]

cool cheers mate.

Is metal degreaser an a good scrub sufficient? Also, does anyone know if you can paint the surface that the wheel mounts to...reason being that my new wheels are multi hole style fitment and i can see rusty bits lol

 

[Jonaldinho]

Id think so, I just used a wire brush and some brake cleaner that I got with an earlier caliper painting kit (foilatec). Which btw was sh*te for its £18 odd price tag.

 

[Nik]

I used the silver hammerite smooth on my 172's calipers and it was fine during normal road use. After trackdays though I had to reapply it because the silver whent a nice gold colour due to the heat :clown:

 

[Lunner]

I used the silver hammerite smooth on my 172's calipers and it was fine during normal road use. After trackdays though I had to reapply it because the silver whent a nice gold colour due to the heat :clown:

Never had that problem yet, guess i'm not using my brakes hard enough