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Re: Omega callipers
« Reply #15 on: 16 June 2019, 11:12:08 »

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?
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« Reply #16 on: 16 June 2019, 16:25:09 »

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?


because it's snake oil.
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« Reply #17 on: 16 June 2019, 23:10:45 »

Used Hammerite (well smoothrite!) on mine, in a fetching shade of black... doesn't show the brake dust so badly  :D
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Re: Omega callipers
« Reply #18 on: 17 June 2019, 17:42:02 »

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?


because it's snake oil.
But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.
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Re: Omega callipers
« Reply #19 on: 17 June 2019, 17:59:58 »

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?


because it's snake oil.
But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.

When we use to get truck chassis painted, they would paint everything, turbos, engines, include, paint use to stay on for ages, and on the calipers too, STD paint, don't know if it was 2pk or cellulose.
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Re: Omega callipers
« Reply #20 on: 17 June 2019, 18:05:59 »

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?


because it's snake oil.
But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.

When we use to get truck chassis painted, they would paint everything, turbos, engines, include, paint use to stay on for ages, and on the calipers too, STD paint, don't know if it was 2pk or cellulose.


It doesn't matter, either is plenty good enough on a caliper. I know people that painted their engines with Dulux with no problems. The important thing is to prepare the surface properly - utterly clean and degreased, sanded to key the paint then degreased again - rather than the actual paint used.
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