Hey guys does any body have any good tips on painting brake calipers I’m going
to be using the paintbrush kit. What im trying to do is to make the Mazda word on the caliper stay silver but it really isn’t silver right know how do you guys get it to be silver looking? If any body have a step by step with pics that be great.
Thanks

 

The front calipers are aluminum. After you paint them, let them dry overnight.

Next day use a sanding block with some wet/dry sand paper & lightly sand the paint off the raised letters.

Switch to a fine grade paper to get a brite finish.

Tada

 

Just like this.

 

After the sanding give them a good buffing process with metal polish and you will see what a bright silver you will get. I have painted mine a year ago and they are still sun bright.

 

i would use primere first!thats if your painting red!! use gray primere the paint settles easy!! then paint it red!1 make sure you hang the calipers while you paint!!and make sure you hang them really well so they dont fall off!!

 

I never had any luck with the paint sticking very well unless I sandblasted the calipers clean first. Used 2 coats of caliper primer. First primer coat is just a peppering with 50% coverage. Second coat 100% coverage. Repeat the two coats with the caliper red. Allow to dry for 24+ hours. Drive the car to allow the paint to heat cycle a few times. After that you can sand the lettering clean and put a light coat of clear over it to seal it.

 

I wire brushed my calipers and then washed them with thinner before spraying. I had no need to use primer. Just applied the 6 light coats one 15minutes after the other.

 

http://www.clubrx.org/default.asp?id...ntent=37&mnu=5

There's my writeup. Cheap and easy to do, mine were done almost a year ago and they still look great. That will also show you how to get the Mazda logo shiny.

Dale

 

Thanks guys very good hints. I most likely do my calipers to knight

 

You could do this too.

 

^^^ Now there's a man with an extreme amount of free time on his hands!! But they do look nice!

 

Damn! Those polished ones look sweet!

 

My calipers were done with Testors model paint justlike Dale's. Mone are red though. It is easy to do. No worrying about overspray and the paint has lasted a few years without touch up too.

 

Thank you very much ! ! !! They could have been better as they were a little rushed (-:

 

Dale, that is a nice website you have
I have never seen it before
Sorry to hijack the thread, I just had to compliment the hard work

 

Yeah! that Testor's paint did work well. Mine gets a bit dirty with all the brake dust... but the dirt brushes right off

 

I used testors black. I did it a year ago and they still look new.

 

I'm almost finished with mine. I used a Dremel to sand off the small Sumitomo letters and then used VHT red caliper spray paint in 4 coats. I finished it off with Testors white paint to the Mazda letters. I'll probably spray on a coat of high temp clearcoat as well.

I'm really glad I didn't settle for the Duplicolor paint on brush set, seeing as it doesn't look like you could avoid brush strokes in the paint.

 

to strip the calipers before prime and paint you can go to an auto parts and get aircraft coating remover. it will strip anything and everything.

 

does anyone know of a good clear coat that wont turn white after you spray it?

 

[QUOTE=CantGoStraight]You could do this too.


I did that but only for the mazda wording. I wanted my calipers to be red to contrast with my polished aluminum rims. All chrome calipers would have blanded too much an not stan out.

 

I got them on last weekend. They look great!!! Jack I sent you a PM, more parts to polish... I will post pics with the calipers on later.

Garrick

 

Once i get some free time i am going to paint with testors red.

 

Man those polished ones look ******* nice.

 

The painting part looks covered. As for the Mazda lettering, you can also use a wire brush wheel on the end of a dremel to get them silver. These calipers were done with Hi-Temp red engine paint from Advance Auto Parts.

BTW: This picture is also a good example of why one needs larger rotors when going with larger wheels