I started on them yesterday, and have just started to paint the second one. Is so hard to paint them when you can't get them away from the car. The paint I got sucks and runs way too much No matter what it runs all over the place. On the second caliper, I started painting it and there were a bunch of spots when it was dry. Ofcourse all of the spots are on the outside where everyone will see them. Something didn't get sanded off I guess. So then I take the dremel tool with the rotary sander and sand off the metal where all the spots were. I re-paint and it does the same thing. Whatever chemical this was got deep into the metal. There arent any spots on the metal, but they show up with the paint. So I just put a thin coat of automotive primer on the area with the spots, and the primer isn't affected by this chemical for some reason. I'm gonna go put a coat of the paint on soon, hopefully the primer won't react with the paint, with my luck it will.

The paint I got is called DupliColor, it's high temp engine paint that is ceramic based. The paint needs five days to "cure"! I won't be able to drive my car for two weeks because I have to do the back brakes also and won't be able to them until this coming weekend

Just thought I would share my story, and the paint gives me horrific headaches!!!

 

Most people mask everything off, prep them real well, and spray multiple LIGHT COATS... I prepped them, then used a primer filler, then high temp paint, and then high temp clear.

If the paint is running, you are doing something wrong...

 

anyone tried the caliper enamel? comes with a smaoo brush inside the cap, and its a ceramic high gloss paint. it needs 2 days to fully cure, but the thing is, it also needs a primer. i forget the brand, but it seems to work well. you can also use it on the drums.

 

The stuff I'm using is a ceramin enamel. Except it is spray on and I don't think it needs primer. Well I didn't use any at least. I figured out how to stop the running. Once I spray it on I take my heat gun and go over the fresh paint. It thickens it up quickly so it won't run. Works well.

 

Took me 10 minutes tops to do both my fronts.

masked off everything around them & sprayed em

came out fine

 

LOL, I'm on day three. Probably won't finish the painting until Wed. Then I'm gonna give the paint a few more days to do it's curing. I left them over night and the paint still felt "soft" I have a clear coat one on caliper that is drying, and the other needs some more coats of paint. These puppies are gonna last a long time with four coats of paint and two coats of clear

 

1. remove wheel.
2. scrub down caliper with degreaser and rinsh well
3. blow water off with air gun and let dry for 10 minutes, scrub inside of wheel to occupy self.
4. repeat drying with air gun.
5. spray with paint making sure to cover everything
6. wipe over spray off with paper towel.
7. put wheels back on

took me like 2 hours to do this, i used regular spray paint, this was a month ago and it's still holding up.

 

sounds to me like your are using way too much paint....

 

I just used that same paint (Duplicolor 1200 deg. ceramic)on my LS1 caliper mounting brackets; (there off the car) and had the same problem of paint not sticking and beading away from places.
To solve problem i took them to work and sand blasted them!

Problem solved!!

I think it's the zinc plating that causes the problem.

Good luck!

 

MOTHER F***ER!!! I HATE THIS PAINT!!!!

I went to put on the second coat of clear and I would of been all done with the first caliper. The first coat went fine, nothing was wrong, looked pretty damn good. I do a second coat and WTF!!! Some reaction happens and all the paint that was sprayed starts to wrinkle up!!!! Now I have to do the whole caliper over again. I didn't think much about it and went to put a single coat of clear on one of the mounting bracets. Same damn things happens. I'm am really pissed and hurl the paint can about 100 feet and it hits a rock and explodes. I felt a lot better, but now I have to clean it up. At least I will go buy another can of clear that isn't f*cked up.

 

You are definately doing something wrong...I put about 15 coats of blue hitemp Duplicolor on my calipers...applied brushed aluminum CAMARO decals and then put 5 coats of clear on them...all within about 3 hours each.....and they look great. But then again..I'm good with a rattle can...my whole interior is painted black and white.
Sounds like you need to give it up and have someone who knows how to paint do it.

 

I'm not sure how you did that in three hours. Did u take them off the car cuz that would make it alot easier. I have to put on a coat, wait five hours before I can flip it over and do another side. If I flip it over too early it will stick to whatever it is resting on and pull off the paint.

 

I used the same paint as u , The duplicolor, and only did 2 coats and 1 clear and they came out great (fronts) , my rears are alluminum not iron like the fronts so i m going to get VHT caliper paint for allumnium surfaces b/c if you spray aluminum(sp!!) with ceramic paint the caliper cant release heat and might burn a gasket or melt the rubber brake line. sandblasting is also an effective way to remove the zinc coating on your calipers, (i think its zinc im not sure)

 

i really wanted to paint mine, but now im a little apprehensive.

anyway what color would look good on a PPM car? i was thinking silver with a black camaro decal? anyone else?

 

Not again!!! The damn paint reacted again! I made a "test strip" of metal that I painted to let sit over night. I got my second can of clear out and sprayed it to make sure it wasn't going to react. It didn't so I painted the calipers. Ofcourse it reacts!!! WTF!!! I'm not doing anything wrong. It must be bad paint becuase I never did anything differently and the first coat of clear was fine.

If your going to paint your calipers, don't get this DupliColor crap!