Painting brake calliper

[New POD]

For what it is worth, what I normally do is strip the caliper right back to a shell, put the piston in the wrong way round but with an o ring near the outside of the chamber and then media blast the unit.

Remove piston and make sure all debris is gone, refit piston and then prime, colour and normal lacquer the Caliper.

I always fit new bleed nipples, pistons and seal kits anyway from BiggRed.

Had a set on my Escort Cabriolet since 2006 done like that and still like new, brake dust simply washes off.

On discs, I mask the friction surfaces and then single stage spray with Hammerite Smooth Silver including inside the vanes.

Why.

[iansoutham]

For what it is worth, what I normally do is strip the caliper right back to a shell, put the piston in the wrong way round but with an o ring near the outside of the chamber and then media blast the unit.

Remove piston and make sure all debris is gone, refit piston and then prime, colour and normal lacquer the Caliper.

I always fit new bleed nipples, pistons and seal kits anyway from BiggRed.

Had a set on my Escort Cabriolet since 2006 done like that and still like new, brake dust simply washes off.

On discs, I mask the friction surfaces and then single stage spray with Hammerite Smooth Silver including inside the vanes.

Why.

Because I prefer to do the job properly once, not poorly twice.

Brakes are kind of important and I like them to work, hence the rebuilding and the painting makes them easier to clean