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Best Caliper Paint?

I used whatever i had laying on the shelf on the rears which happened to be the stuff at the hardware store. And on the front i used some high temp paint that was marketed for bbq grills. a year later and it still looks fine. i simply wiped them off with a paper towel and went to town. amazingly it looks fine after a year.
 


i used the duplicolor caliper paint, came out looking good. heres what i did.

removed calipers from car
sprayed them down thoroughly with brake cleaner and blew compressed air to dry
grey primer and painted
let dry for 1 hour and then drive the hell out of them so they get nice and crispy

turned out very nice
 

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I went ahead and bought the krylon and I have completed the Rears. Looks awesome, will post pics another time from home. Waiting on my front Fbody calipers being snail mailed USPS.

Definetly do this in warm weather. I did this while 25deg. outside and a small crack of wind coming under garage door. Paint would not stick. Ended up getting a hair dryer on right side caliper and heated it up, then sprayed and then it stuck awesome. Also helped for drying since so cold. Keep dryer on low and decent distance away so not to cause runs.
 
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GR8racingfool said:
The "brush on" type of caliper paint seems to be the best, but prep work is the key. The calipers have to be damn clean for anything to stick well. NO break dust can be left behind.

Might as well remove, take apart and have them blasted clean to do the job right...while they are apart...might as well have them powder coated, while they are apart...might as well have new parts installed in them before they go back on.
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listen to the man --- lol

I'm getting ready to bolt my vette brakes on and used the duplicolor paint on the calipers --- and wow, what an ordeal. I spent a long time prepping the calipers (man, that cleaner from duplicolor is the bomb) but things got pretty sticky when it came time to paint 'em.

The duplicolor paint is weird stuff to work with --- it's like water for about 30 seconds, maybe then starts to get 'rubbery' (for lack of a better term) --- so it goes on pretty thin and tends to run but it'll be starting to set when you go back to get your 'mistakes'. it was a royal pain to get both done and looking half decent.

All in all I'm not real happy with my work --- and still have to grind the stuff off the vette lettering (even though I greased up the letters), which looks like a project given how gummed up a fine file gets so quick.

sorry to dig up this old thread but thot I'd share what I found.
 
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Vegas~Blown said:
listen to the man --- lol

I'm getting ready to bolt my vette brakes on and used the duplicolor paint on the calipers --- and wow, what an ordeal. I spent a long time prepping the calipers (man, that cleaner from duplicolor is the bomb) but things got pretty sticky when it came time to paint 'em.

The duplicolor paint is weird stuff to work with --- it's like water for about 30 seconds, maybe then starts to get 'rubbery' (for lack of a better term) --- so it goes on pretty thin and tends to run but it'll be starting to set when you go back to get your 'mistakes'. it was a royal pain to get both done and looking half decent.

All in all I'm not real happy with my work --- and still have to grind the stuff off the vette lettering (even though I greased up the letters), which looks like a project given how gummed up a fine file gets so quick.

sorry to dig up this old thread but thot I'd share what I found.
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I hear ya Vegas. I used the Dupicolor brush on paint on my old Fbody brakes for my GT and it took like 6 coats before I was able to finally start to see progress in the even coating of the paint. I don't know if it was the "thinness" of the paint or what, but the calipers were new and had no traces of dust or oil on them. But the brush on pain simply would not stick or apply evenly. Even in a good even temp room they paint would start to gum up.

I think when I get another set of FBodies for my GTX, I am gonna go the spray paint route and see if that works any better. I might even try a darker layer of primer to see if that helps with paint adherence and color tone.

Should be interesting :)
 


dont be shy on the amount of coats you add. i used heat paint and did a half dozen light to medium coats then went to town with clear coat. lotta paint but it worked for me. hardest part is cleaning the caliper.
 
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Spray it on, let it set, put them on and then let the b*tches bake with the heat of the brakes and you'll be good to go for years.
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can you use this stuff to spray over old caliper paint. Ive got some brackets i bought from foursixer that are painted red but needs some touching up around the edges, we arent sure what color red it was originally painted with. Can i just paint over the old paint, or do i need to prep it in any way?
 
:th_laugh-lol3: Kudos for raising the dead :th_skull:

I noticed the date on the thread and thought holy crap that's old :th_nanana:
 


the paint isnt bad, just scuffed in a few places, but i dont know what exact color red the it was painted to begin with. So i dont want to touch up, maybe just repaint the whole thing to match front and back. THe fusion paint says no prep work needed, but does that include old paint
 
i prepped mine. put a two-three coats of primer and used whatever paint i had laying arround. after 4 months still looks sexy.
 


When I did mine on my last car I did it the right way. Took em apart, had a friend sand blast them clean, water washed them, alcohol dried them, then inspected for perfection. Took high temp Primer and layered it on, followed by the Silver Metallic base coat, topped with a very sexy Anodized Red top coat, then clear coated like you wouldn't believe. After complete air drying was done we re-greased them, put them back together and threw them on the car... if i wasnt at work id upload a pic of them, :th_drooling: ... Lasted 2 years with no chips or scuffs before i sold the car. soooo sexy... gonna redo with the GTP sometime... maybe this up-comming weekend.... i got some spare change for paint out of this pay check :th_sinister:
 
Just going to throw this out there.... Someone recently asked how to cheaply paint their supercharger. Someone mentioned using caliper paint.....since people are using that krylon fusion paint on the calipers (withstanding braking temperatures), could it not be used on the supercharger??
 
Colossus said:
Just going to throw this out there.... Someone recently asked how to cheaply paint their supercharger. Someone mentioned using caliper paint.....since people are using that krylon fusion paint on the calipers (withstanding braking temperatures), could it not be used on the supercharger??
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Probably... worst case scenario you have to take off the supercharger, take the flaking, peeling, or cracked paint off and re-do it again, or with high temp paint.

Superchargers get really hot being in the engine bay with the rest of the motor, but if the paint works on calipers with no flaking or cracking then it *should* work on a supercharger
 
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