What's up every one!?
Well I have tried to post this at "How to's" but had no success at all, I know we do have many of these on the web but it is always nice to have more than a reference right?!
Got my calipers looking like crap for a while so I decied to get them painted, I've done this on previous cars and they lasted for years, where is what we are going to use:
- Automotive paint, I have used Honda's original RED (same as my cars);
- Varnish and catalyzer (got to mix these two);
- 2 brushes (flat tip, and soft material), buy some good ones other wise they will fall out when painting the calipers;
- Thinner, sand paper (thin sand paper), and a rag;
- Jack and stands.
Well first of all losen the lugnuts from your rims (just to be able to remove when the car is lifted), and lift your ride (CAUTION WITH THIS), if necessary I can post some pics of where to place the lift at your ride!
Now let's sand paper the brakes (any rust or dirt off), and than wash it once or twice with Thinner, I've used an old rag to remove the excess dirt from it, and after the forth bath with thinner all was good to go! (sorry I have no pics for this procedure).
Now comes the fun part, I did 5 coatings on both calipers, to have a nice finish and also to cover all spots.
1st coat has to be very light just to prepare the surface (some spots might still look metallic, don't worry).
*TIP: Painting with a brush is very simple, all you got to do is follow a pattern so you will end up with a clean surface, in this case I have used a downward movement throughout all the coats!
2nd coat you can get a bit more covered areas, still you are going to get some spots were the paint won't look so good.
This is how your second coat should look like:
After the 3rd coat you can get thick coats (carefull not to have any spills or drips).
On the 5th coat you should have something like this:
*TIP: Painting with a brush is very simple, all you got to do is follow a pattern so you will end up with a clean surface, in this case I have used a downward movement throughout all the coats!
For some reason you got paint into your DISCS!!!! Don't worry clean them with Thinner and the rag, always pay attention to the discs.
After the paint is dry now you can get your varnish and catalyser into a cup (one that you will throw away after doing this procedure). This is how you mix, for every one spoon of Catalyser you will put TWO spoons of Varnish, than you will end up with a mixture like this:
Notice how the end product will be a stick material (CAUTION: THIS IS HARD AS HECK TO REMOVE, SO IF YOU GET SOME IN YOUR HANDS YOU’LL HAVE TO CLEAR THAN WITH THINNER, BEST IDEA IS TO WEAR GLOVES) .
Now with the other clean brush apply your Varnish on the dried surface of the caliper. Using the same paint way!!!! Only one coat for this material.
This is the final work, notice how it has a nice shinning end to it, this looks great with yellow paint also!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Sorry for the dirty rims!!! Just washed the car LOL!!!!
Hope this helps! Enjoy!!!!
Well I have tried to post this at "How to's" but had no success at all, I know we do have many of these on the web but it is always nice to have more than a reference right?!
Got my calipers looking like crap for a while so I decied to get them painted, I've done this on previous cars and they lasted for years, where is what we are going to use:
- Automotive paint, I have used Honda's original RED (same as my cars);
- Varnish and catalyzer (got to mix these two);
- 2 brushes (flat tip, and soft material), buy some good ones other wise they will fall out when painting the calipers;
- Thinner, sand paper (thin sand paper), and a rag;
- Jack and stands.
Well first of all losen the lugnuts from your rims (just to be able to remove when the car is lifted), and lift your ride (CAUTION WITH THIS), if necessary I can post some pics of where to place the lift at your ride!
Now let's sand paper the brakes (any rust or dirt off), and than wash it once or twice with Thinner, I've used an old rag to remove the excess dirt from it, and after the forth bath with thinner all was good to go! (sorry I have no pics for this procedure).
Now comes the fun part, I did 5 coatings on both calipers, to have a nice finish and also to cover all spots.
1st coat has to be very light just to prepare the surface (some spots might still look metallic, don't worry).
*TIP: Painting with a brush is very simple, all you got to do is follow a pattern so you will end up with a clean surface, in this case I have used a downward movement throughout all the coats!
2nd coat you can get a bit more covered areas, still you are going to get some spots were the paint won't look so good.
This is how your second coat should look like:
After the 3rd coat you can get thick coats (carefull not to have any spills or drips).
On the 5th coat you should have something like this:
*TIP: Painting with a brush is very simple, all you got to do is follow a pattern so you will end up with a clean surface, in this case I have used a downward movement throughout all the coats!
For some reason you got paint into your DISCS!!!! Don't worry clean them with Thinner and the rag, always pay attention to the discs.
After the paint is dry now you can get your varnish and catalyser into a cup (one that you will throw away after doing this procedure). This is how you mix, for every one spoon of Catalyser you will put TWO spoons of Varnish, than you will end up with a mixture like this:
Notice how the end product will be a stick material (CAUTION: THIS IS HARD AS HECK TO REMOVE, SO IF YOU GET SOME IN YOUR HANDS YOU’LL HAVE TO CLEAR THAN WITH THINNER, BEST IDEA IS TO WEAR GLOVES) .
Now with the other clean brush apply your Varnish on the dried surface of the caliper. Using the same paint way!!!! Only one coat for this material.
This is the final work, notice how it has a nice shinning end to it, this looks great with yellow paint also!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Sorry for the dirty rims!!! Just washed the car LOL!!!!
Hope this helps! Enjoy!!!!
maybe a far away picture will help??
