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Ben Socratous
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SA
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 06:04 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with any decent heat proof paint?

I took my cam covers off to replace the oil seals on the weekend and thought that I would give them a bit of a tidy up as the factory paint was peeling off. The store I went to didn't have the colour I wanted in 'engine enamel' so I got the colour in 'brake caliper paint'. I thought that this would be sweet as the calipers would get way hotter than the cam covers so I sprayed them with that.

It dried to a nice hard finish, but after a decent boost and they start to warm up, the paint softens and can be etched with a finger nail, I'd hate to see how this would stack up against the heat of the actual calipers!

So, any suggestions?
Nathan Evans
DieHard
Queensland
1JZZ30 TT

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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:25 pm, by:  Nathan Evans (Soarer7) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Go to Autobahn, they have heat proof paint to 300 degrees, should be a fair few colours aswell
Jeff Wilkins
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South Australia
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:30 pm, by:  Jeff Wilkins (Calin) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Sounds like its not getting hot enough to cure Ben.

Brake calliper paint, as you know, is meant for greater heat ranges, and are meant to cure at higher temps.

Will it fit in your oven? lol
Ben Socratous
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:40 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Yeah but it is rock hard when the engine is cold, that's whats wigging me out, why would it get softer with heat?

Jeff Wilkins wrote on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:30 pm:

Will it fit in your oven? lol

Don't laugh, I already thought of that! I took the grill off the bbq and put the hotplates back on, covered them with foil then put the covers on and shut the lid. Fired it up to 200 degrees for about 20 minutes :-)
Hesham Hammoudah
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Victoria
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 08:23 pm, by:  Hesham Hammoudah (Iverson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
whilst your in the kitchen could you bring me a coke and some dimsims
Steven Nanevski
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 08:25 pm, by:  Steven Nanevski (Imprestik) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ben Socratous
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 Monday, December 04, 2006 - 10:00 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Nope. But I can bring you a fat t-bone, ice cold beer and a baked to perfection cam cover smothered in soft red icing, sorry, I mean paint
Mark Paddick
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ACT
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 Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 10:07 am, by:  Mark Paddick (Sparks) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The better quality brake caliper paints are a little dearer but are the best of the lot.

Apply to a hot or at least warm surface and heat the can with hot water too beforehand.
Bake it if possible but sitting in the sun will do. The longer the better.
Jeff Wilkins
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 Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 05:05 pm, by:  Jeff Wilkins (Calin) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Check the can mate, most of the ones I've see have their required heat to cure printed on them.

The one I use is touch dry in 30 minutes, but requires 1/2 hour at 200 C then another 1/2 hour at 350 C before it will actually stay cured.

If you don't get it to properly cure, it will just keep reactivating as it gets warm (called reflow in the trade).
Ben Socratous
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 Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 05:13 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Thanks guys, I will be re-stripping and re-painting it after next payday. Might even sandblast them this time for a better finish as opposed to just using the wire wheel in the drill.

Todd has used VHT engine paints on his wunjay and it still looks good after a year or so, and at that silly amount of rwkw I would assume that it runds just a 'tad' warmer than my engine ever will so that sounds like the goer to me!

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