Re: need help with brakes

["Owen" <mr.peepers@home.com>]

I would have done that too, but the stores i tried all had horrible colours,
orange, blue and black were about it, the red was really orangy too.  but
yeah, that should work fine if you can find the right colour


Owen
87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571


>Engine paint? Just an idea... I'm trying it on my rear drums, so I'll see.
Maybe
>drums don't get as hot as calipers.. I guess they shouldn't.
>    -Josiah
>
>Owen wrote:
>
>> Hmm, as for cleaning, you have a few options.  If you have a blasting
>> cabinet (or have a friend with one), you can bead blast or sand blast the
>> calipers...that really works well, but you can also take a wire brush or
>> wheel to them and that'll work too, but a little more time consuming.  As
>> for painting them, I was told Krylon works well and lasts really long,
but i
>> just finished painting mine with Krylon, and i don't think it'll hold up
as
>> well as I thought it would.  For my first set of calipers, i used a folia
>> tec caliper painting kit that i picked up in Europe, and that worked
really
>> well, but is expensive here in North America.
>>
>> Anyone else have any paint ideas that will stand up to the heat of brake
>> calipers?
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Owen
>> 87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.
>> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571
>>
>> >Hi I am Mike Leach I live in good old Rochester with Brett and I have
>> >an 87 16v that I am just starting to give the attention it deserves in
>> >the garage
>> >
>> >
>> > anyway can I get a little info on how i should go about cleaning my
>> >calipers and getting them painted
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks Mike Leach
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