darryl turbo

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what's the best to get ?

thanks

dakar

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I use smoothrite mate.If you dont already know its just the smooth version of hammerite and you can get it in aerosols too

ludacris s

I've always just used Hammerite smooth on mine.

darryl turbo

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can you get it from BnQ ?

BM08

Should be able to mate, definatly halfords if not

darryl turbo

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shud i just put the paint on straight away or clean them up etc.. and then put the paint on ?

thanks

J1mbo

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im thinkiong of doing mine too
do they do hammerite in escort cos style gold ?

darryl turbo

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i think so jimbo

J1mbo

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ace i may have to im not sure but after the caliper is sanded up i could put a bit of etch primer on ?????

BM08

Clean them up with a brush/ water, and put the stuff straight on, its good stuff and will last well.
Can also use it to paint the engine cover too

BM08

They do a few different flavours in the smoothrite range, so probably

darryl turbo

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cheeRS

cossie604

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I once used one of those caliper laquer kits...utter wank, went back to smoothrite The last set I did though, I stripped down and had blasted and powdercoated.

Red16

ive just overhauled my front Brembo's on the Evo, i shotblasted them clean, then used a high temp paint, oven baked the calipers to cure the paint, then lacquered them with 2 pack lacquer, hopefully they should look good for ages.

This is the high temp paint i used



Before



Painted with the high temp paint, and stuck in the oven



Stickered up



Lacquered

cossie604

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I used the oven to cure the hi-temp paint I used on my exhaust manifold........did your missus tell you off about the stink as much as mine did?

J1mbo

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that looks quality red16 !!

Red16

I used my loaf and done it while she was out saved me getting wrong, lol. Judging by the pic of my oven, i should beat her for the state its in!

cheers bud

cossie604

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lol I did, she was at work, I had all the kitchen windows/doors open but it still stunk the house out Got the usual 'you treat this house like a garage' line off her

cossie604

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tbh it was quite difficult getting the cossie manifold in there.....did a good job though even if I couldnt quite reach the temp recommended on the can.

Red16

you naughty boy my oven was the same, it wouldnt go up to 350 deg C like the tin said i should cook the paint at

SS1

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me too the AP calipers look piss poor now but pondering where to get the ap stickers from afterwards

if i get them shot blasted

any ideas

The Loumiester

may have to give this a bash, got one new caliper on so they kinda look odd lol

Sticky.

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Your stickers have been here for ages Ste

3i_gaz

i think hammrtite looks too glossy and rather gay lol

i notromorsed mine so they were nice and smooth, prepped them with a bit of wet and dry, used halfords VHT metalic black, drys like a metalic anthracite colour looks smart.

also that plasticote vht paint is good in satin black.