Which paint for brake drums?

db · Post by db » Wed Jan 07, 09 9:08 pm

Anyone done this with long lasting success?
Did you use VHT paint/ Smoothrite/ cheap chassis paint/ etc?

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Jan 07, 09 9:19 pm

I used Halfords aerosol jet black 4 years ago,not shifted yet. Also I use Dulux satin black for chassis parts,it stays on.

db · Post by db » Thu Jan 08, 09 8:43 am

I'll slap some chassis paint on, i've found that a hot air gun won't shift it so it must have a fair bit of heat resistance anyway

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 08, 09 9:08 am

As with any coating, the success is amost totally dependent on the quality of preparation. I had my ex manifolds coated with the high temp cast iron paint, but I had them shot blasted, thoroughly cleaned, painted and baked all as part of the same job so they were exposed to atmosphere for a matter of minutes in the bare condition. They had lots of very fine coats before being baked at about 300 deg C.