Brake calipers.......
#1
PAGING BRENT 94Z.............
Brent.........i may have asked this queston a year or so ago and i know you have a link to this stuff in your sig....but i am looking to paint the brake calipers on my daily driver.....94 honda accord ex(not a ricer at all, totally stock from the day i bought it) but i can recall you saying something about wheel wire acid and then some brand of paint.......i can't recall. But is this acid stuff danerous if it contacts your skin at all? and where can i get the best red paint for the calipers and the acid for the pre-cleaning? I just want to go about this the easiest and most efficient way, how long does the paint take to dry, can you pput the tire back on before it's all dry and just park it in the garage? I have heard of some people taking off the caliper itself, but i dont trust my knowledge in brakes enough where i think i could put it back on right so i am just going to paint it while its on there. I figured i would clean my inside rim area while the car is jacked up. Anything else you could advise me off is appreciated.......
ps--Did you put your car on jacks to do yours?
ps--Did you put your car on jacks to do yours?
Last edited by *SoRRy OfFiCeR*; 03-19-2003 at 04:40 PM.
#5
yo...what method did you use to do it? did you take off the caliper itslef? or just paint it while it was attacthed to the pad and rotor? and what is the best brand of red paint to get for it? did you do any prepping?
ps--did you use a standard jack to get the car up?
ps--did you use a standard jack to get the car up?
#6
Here is my link...
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/calipers.htm
I've got the wire wheel acid on my hands before. No real problems unless I had a cut then it burned like a SOB!!!! You don't want to get this industrial pro strength stuff on your skin but if you do it won't kill ya. It is also strong enough that if you get a good whiff of it it'll make you go cross eyed. Strong stuff but it works good
I took mine off and boy was that a PITA. It took me like 3 days to do it all! If I do it again, I'll probably NOT take the calipers off and just tape off around them. It could drop it to a one or 2 day job because you don't have to wait for the stuff to dry enough to handle it.
I just used regular old Rust-Oleum and some high temperature clear.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/calipers.htm
I've got the wire wheel acid on my hands before. No real problems unless I had a cut then it burned like a SOB!!!! You don't want to get this industrial pro strength stuff on your skin but if you do it won't kill ya. It is also strong enough that if you get a good whiff of it it'll make you go cross eyed. Strong stuff but it works good
I took mine off and boy was that a PITA. It took me like 3 days to do it all! If I do it again, I'll probably NOT take the calipers off and just tape off around them. It could drop it to a one or 2 day job because you don't have to wait for the stuff to dry enough to handle it.
I just used regular old Rust-Oleum and some high temperature clear.
#7
what do you mean by taping off? do you mean like how you put newspaper over the rear portion of your car? if this stuff gets on my cars paint .....i'll die. I dont want it to be messy that much....i figure i am going to leave the caliper on there and just meticulously spray around it, of course it would not be as thorough as your, but its the best i can do.....what was the color red paint you used again? and where is it available to buy?
ps--how many floor(hydraulic) jacks did you use to life your car, did you just lift one whell at a time?
ps--how many floor(hydraulic) jacks did you use to life your car, did you just lift one whell at a time?
#8
Originally posted by *SoRRy OfFiCeR*
what do you mean by taping off? do you mean like how you put newspaper over the rear portion of your car? if this stuff gets on my cars paint .....i'll die. I dont want it to be messy that much....i figure i am going to leave the caliper on there and just meticulously spray around it, of course it would not be as thorough as your, but its the best i can do.....what was the color red paint you used again? and where is it available to buy?
ps--how many floor(hydraulic) jacks did you use to life your car, did you just lift one whell at a time?
what do you mean by taping off? do you mean like how you put newspaper over the rear portion of your car? if this stuff gets on my cars paint .....i'll die. I dont want it to be messy that much....i figure i am going to leave the caliper on there and just meticulously spray around it, of course it would not be as thorough as your, but its the best i can do.....what was the color red paint you used again? and where is it available to buy?
ps--how many floor(hydraulic) jacks did you use to life your car, did you just lift one whell at a time?
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/cal163.JPG
I just used one jack. With all the suspension mods done to my car I can lift three wheels off the ground from one jacking point
#9
brent.....if i do the painting in a garage with the door shut........then would i have to worry about overspary getting anywhere..casue i believe a lite wind caused yours.........but i would still tape it all off, but the garage door shut would almost eliminate all overspray risks right?
#10
Originally posted by *SoRRy OfFiCeR*
brent.....if i do the painting in a garage with the door shut........then would i have to worry about overspary getting anywhere..casue i believe a lite wind caused yours.........but i would still tape it all off, but the garage door shut would almost eliminate all overspray risks right?
brent.....if i do the painting in a garage with the door shut........then would i have to worry about overspary getting anywhere..casue i believe a lite wind caused yours.........but i would still tape it all off, but the garage door shut would almost eliminate all overspray risks right?
#12
Originally posted by *SoRRy OfFiCeR*
Yea.......true.
Yea.......true.
I'm sure this is said in Brent's stuff...
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