Caliper Paint (question about company)

[freekwonder]

i know this has been brought up. But i found this website and was wondering what everbody thinks.

http://www.cacustomcoatings.com/

for 29.94 you get 1 can of paint (orange, satin black, gloss black, red, blue, yellow, silver), VHT brake cleaner, metal brushes to clean rust and dirt off, rust reformer/inhibitor. and then you can get a second can for 7 bucks. i emailed them and they said one can will do the car. but if you want to do four coats and have the finish last longer you will need a second coat. he also said the can has a shelf the can and two years later go back for any needed touch ups. just wanted to get what you guys thought. i know there is paint out there but i last i saw any it was 50 bucks just for the paint. thanx guys (or gals)

[Sir Nuke]

my thoughts....since if you take your time you can actually use high temp engine paint and do a fine job...and a can will easily do your car...and at a cost of only $3 to $4.....well....you could do it many times over that way.......for the same money.....so why spend the bucks.....the only reason I can see to go the extra bucks...is if you can not find the color you want in the high temp engine paint.

[jkb]

Is it a spray or brush on? In my opinion brushing it on is _way_ easier. You don't even need to mask anything unless you completely suck with a brush.

From a cynical point of view it sounds like an expensive way to buy a can of brake cleaner and a can of engine paint. It mostly depends on the paint.

That said - it's worth mentioning that I spent $27 on the G2 paint kit, which is also an expensive way to buy brake cleaner and paint - except that I don't know where else I'd buy the kind of 2-part high-temp paint that it includes.

-jim

[freekwonder]

cool thanx guys, exactly what i was looking for. im just going to paint my brakes silver (oh a hard color to find) and buy some brake cleaner also. thanx for the help

[neuromancer]

I painted my calipers (2 so far...) and ran into an interesting and slightly annoying problem. The paint I bought was from Canadian Tire and was Ford Red high temp engine paint. I sprayed about 1/4 the contents of the can into a jar, then used a brush to apply it to my calipers. The result was rather unexpected, after three coats of paint my calipers are a very lovely orange color. I tested the paint directly from the can and it was red, not the orange color I ended up with. I don't know if this is a unique problem that I have had, but this is a warning to anyone planning to do what I did, the color from the can may be a LOT different if you apply it with a brush as opposed to spraying it.

I'm not sure what I should do at this point. Repaint over the existing paint with a different color in oder to achive the red I wanted...try and remove the paint that is already there and repaint...or learn to love the orange.

I'm leaning towards the orange color. It looks pretty good.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Jay

[freekwonder]

ive never had that problem, but what color is your car. it may acutally look pretty cool, and different. :D get some pics of the orange

[neuromancer]

Originally posted by freekwonder
ive never had that problem, but what color is your car. it may acutally look pretty cool, and different. :D get some pics of the orange

The car is Silver. The orange doesn't look like ass or anythinng. It is just a surprise to get orange when you expect red ;) I should have paid more attention when I was doing it, I just assumed that as it dried it would get more red (Since I did a test spray before). And the color has gotten darker after I drove the car and got the breaks hot, just not enough.

I'm sure the brake dust will help out a little ;)

Jay

[freekwonder]

if you can get some pics. the silver and orange actually doesnt sound do bad. sounds pretty cool.