Hi guys, I painted the rear brake caliper from my spares bike using an aerosol caliper paint. I stripped off the nasty bubbled black paint and did plenty of light coats. should look sweet on the bike. Take a look: Bye for now <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" /><!-- s -->
Hey that looks real nice dude. Good work <!-- s:cheers: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/th_Cheers.gif" alt=":cheers:" title="cheers" /><!-- s:cheers: --> Im glad i saw this. Im still tossing up what colour to paint my calipers. The rims are red so i think it will look naff with red calipers too but i reeeeeeeeeally like red so hmmmmm. haha.
Haha thanks man yeah the red looks great with my red bike, I get alot of comments on it actually <!-- s:???: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_confused.gif" alt=":???:" title="Confused" /><!-- s:???: --> lol The paint does chip very easily though, not as tough as the factory stuff. Any info on the Stator cover in your Avatar? Id like to re do my old nasty cover and Id like some know how if possible. have a good one.
Aw hey man yea for sure. Im actually pretty stoked with how that stator cover came out. You can see how it used to look in the first picture of my engine in the thread about my bike (http://fzr250.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3497). Basically i sanded all the cruddy old grey paint and corrosion off the alloy and used a small screwdriver to scrape the letters clean. There were some pretty nasty scratches on it too from a crash which i sanded smooth and filled with some automotive filler i got which comes in a toothpaste type tube. Its really good for filling scratches as you dont have to mix it up like bondo and you just squeeze a little out onto the scratches. After that had dried i sanded it back to metal which just left the filler in the scratches (mission accomplished) and then sprayed the whole thing with Wattyl Killrust etch prime. The letters require a little bit more finesse. Basically i cut the 2inches off the end of a small cable tie and sprayed some red into a spray can lid. Then very carefully i used the cable tie like a brush and dripped/dabbed the red into the recesses for each letter. A steady hand is needed so as to not put red outside the letters, but basically you just keep dripping paint in the letters after you've "painted" the inside of each and it will fill with paint. I did it in two goes so that the first coat could dry and bond and then the second was more of a filler coat to make sure it was a nice rich red colour. Haha, oh and the only reason i used a cable tie was coz i didnt have a small brush. Hope that helps dude. Oh and use of a hot-air gun when spraying to heat the metal and bake the paint is recommended. Dont boil the paint though. You just want to warm the metal and keep the paint warm once its on the metal.
ahh cool thanks for the tips, Yea you did a great job with the letters, I dont think I could be bothered though haha. Mine has been slid on the stator cover so ill need to fill it in and I think I'll just repain in silver or maybe black. Although red would be cool too.... Have a good one. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s -->
I thought you might like to see this? Its the standard 3LN rear brake master-cylinder. I gave it a rub with a wire brush to scrape the loose paint off, then sanded the brembo logo so that it was quite a smooth, almost polished surface. Then i masked the holes on it and sprayed the whole thing red. Once it had dried i used a blade to carefully scrape/cut the paint off the brembo logo (thats why i polished it before painting). I think it came up pretty good <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s -->
