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06-09-2016, 08:27 PM | #1 | ||
Lost Focus In The Sunset
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I want to paint my calipers a gun metal grey or similar colour.
Any recommendations on where I can find something like this? Supercheap and eBay have the usual red, black, yellow etc but nothing like what I want. Thanks |
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06-09-2016, 08:54 PM | #2 | ||
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To create a "gun metal grey", simply buy two cans of caliper paint... One in silver and one in black.
First spray a coat of silver on and while the paint is still wet, mist a thin layer of black so the two colours will mix and can blend into a gun metal grey shade. If it appears too dark, mist again with the silver. |
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06-09-2016, 09:15 PM | #3 | ||
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Or, just use normal gunmetal grey paint. Calipers on a road car don't really get hot.
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I did mine to colour match my car, i used etch primer, colour match paint, then heat proof clear over the top just over 2 years ago and there are no issues.
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07-09-2016, 12:34 AM | #5 | ||
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Heat paints for brakes and engines - grey
http://www.bcsautopaints.com.au/#!/H...=0&sort=normal They'll also do custom colours and colour coding. http://www.bcsautopaints.com.au/#!/H...egory=15041122 |
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07-09-2016, 12:41 PM | #6 | ||
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I did mine using $2.50 spray paint from a discount store about 10+ years ago, still looks fine.
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07-09-2016, 01:03 PM | #7 | ||
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Good stuff. Thanks everyone. I will just get some normal stuff from Supercheap.
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07-09-2016, 01:27 PM | #8 | ||
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I wanted to paint mine bright green but couldn't find bright green caliper paint, so i went with traditional red.
a few days later i found out 'normal' spray paint with heat proof clear over the top works..
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12-09-2016, 02:30 PM | #9 | ||
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I did Matt black caliper paint first then Tropicana green (very similar to Dash) then clear caliper paint over the top.
Lasted 4 or so years and counting.
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