Paint my wheels

[Merv and Sharon]

As mentioned black caliper paint is cheap and has a high heat tolerance.

Merv

[Leeroy]

Thanks guys for some good advise.

I tried the high temp RED caliper paint on the face of my rotors to see if it was going to withstand the track days and it was black after one weekend.

The HPC coating is the best but the cast finish on the centers isn't that great and I would only go the HPC silver which would highlight the imperfections of the casting. (Vintage wheels casting is beautiful) Also I guess its exxy as Mike would know the cost here.

So I guess its a 2 pack in a colour choice which sounds good as I always wanted the centers as per my stripes. I would like to paint myself but not a painters butt crack so does this mean no clear if you use 2 pack? Does it need to be done in an oven?

Leeroy

[Zedn]

If using 2 pack you will need an etch primer to begin. Then one of the following:

Solid colour with hardner added,
or
Metallic colour without hardnerr followed by clear with hardner.

You dont need an oven, just a decent mask, spray gun and compressor. You can buy faster hardner for outdoor spraying.

I would say that clear is more likely to yellow with the heat so if you go a solid colour it might be better. However, metallic gun-metal grey would look pretty nice.

Liam

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Leeroy

Thanks guys for some good advise.

I tried the high temp RED caliper paint on the face of my rotors to see if it was going to withstand the track days and it was black after one weekend.

The HPC coating is the best but the cast finish on the centers isn't that great and I would only go the HPC silver which would highlight the imperfections of the casting. (Vintage wheels casting is beautiful) Also I guess its exxy as Mike would know the cost here.

So I guess its a 2 pack in a colour choice which sounds good as I always wanted the centers as per my stripes. I would like to paint myself but not a painters butt crack so does this mean no clear if you use 2 pack? Does it need to be done in an oven?

Leeroy

HPC worked out to be about $100 per center by the time they removed the old powder coating.

I've got all the gear to spray 2 Pack at my place. We can set up a clean enough area to spray the centers in the shed. You don't need an oven we can just heat up the area a bit with a patio heater. Clear is probably easier to spray than color. If you do get any runs they aren't going to be easy to see on a complex shape like a Halibrand wheel center.

Cheers

[Leeroy]

Spoke to Mando and he has the same wheels as mine and has just sand blasted and cleared his centers and said they look "fully sick".

I think I will take you up on the offer Mike and do them in clear and see how they come up. Liam if they yellow at least its not to much of a hassle to go again with a solid colour of choice.

Maybe your preferred Pink, Gav.

Leeroy

[stiffy]

Aussie,



When you get that clean area sorted maybe you could do my box while you are there


I thought you would be sick of painting by now.....



stiffy

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by stiffy

Aussie,



When you get that clean area sorted maybe you could do my box while you are there


I thought you would be sick of painting by now.....



stiffy

Hi Stiff. I'm waiting on some parts from the US

I thought you'd be putting an Auto in by now. How's you leg after Jaws gave it a chomp?

I'm not going to be painting. I'll show Leigh the gear and how to do it and he can go for it. I don't want to spoil his fun.


Cheers