Painting brake calipers??

[jjcpj]

I think I made a mistake painting my calipers on my 96; painted them red. I used one of the epoxy kits from Mid America.

After a couple of days of open track driving at my local track I noticed the calipers were now black. I tried several cleaners and solvents but no luck.....apparently the heat just bakes in the brake dust......

My question is can I have the calipers powder coated with any better success.....???

 

[Tom Bryant]

Welcome to the CAC

That is an interesting problem. With the epoxy cured it would seem unlikely that the brake dust could be absorbed into it. I hope someone else can give you an answer to this as I was thinking of using this coating on one of my projects too. I'm not sure how powder coating reacts to the high temps you will see on brake parts.

I may try that VHT brake parts paint if that is what I can expect from the epoxy coating.

Tom