Painting Brake Calipers

Hi All.

Just wanted to get some advice regarding painting my Brake Calipers on my 156 JTS.

Obviously this part gets very hot and certain paints won't be appropriate but was thinking of using the Touch Up Paint that came with my Car.

Is this safe? Will it do the job? If not what will?

Cheers.

I think you need proper caliper paint.. Halfrauds should sell it. I think the touch up paint might burn or flake off..

Originally Posted by Pud237

I think you need proper caliper paint.. Halfrauds should sell it. I think the touch up paint might burn or flake off..

Totally. Caliper paint is the only surefire way of doing it, and make sure you give the calipers a good clean and going over with a wire brush before the paint goes on.

Hammerite does the job fine, you'll need about three coats. Make sure you wire brush the calipers first.

I have used hammerite, engine lacquer and caliper paint in the past and i would say the proper caliper paint is the best. Gives a nice flat finish drys fast and hides a lot of sins!!

I used engine lacqure.Dries in about 10 min per coat Been a year since i did it and still as good now,and only about £5 a tin.

Another recent thread about this http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-...callipers.html (Callipers...)

Same as Alfie GTV.:

Do them Silver

I used Hammerite and the paint was perfect for 5 years of both normal and spirited driving. It just needed a few touch-ups. Recently I installed uprated brakes and during the "testing" I really warmed them up (15 brakings from 150 - 50 km/h). The paint melted slightly and made pimples like if air bubbles were trapped under it. When the brakes cooled down pimples disappeared and paint was firm and smooth as new. No signs of peeling off or other after-effects.