Makarus
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Someone may be interested in this, hope they are after I am going to the effort of writting. Anyway.....
What you will need is some:-
Smooth Hammerite (Comes in tins from B&Q @ around £7-£8 for a 500ml tin)
Small brush
Wire wool
Car jack
Your wheel knut adapter
Axel stands or bricks (not essential but just for a backup)
First thing is to jack up the car and remove the wheel. Get your wire wool and start rubbing at the bare metal that you are planing to paint, after you have given it a decent rub then get some soapy water onto the area to get all the dust off and leave it to dry.
Mix the hammerite in its tin, and then apply a healthy layer of the choosen paint onto the area you want to paint. Because hammerite is such a good substance it levels itself out and gets rid of the majority of brush strokes.
Leave it to dry after the first coat, this should take about 15-30 mins, then give it a light sanding down to get rid of any inperfections. Then give it a small overcoat to give it the smooth appearance.
Leave it to dry, this should take about 20 mins. When its nice and dry your OK to put your wheel back on and see the results.
I will get some picks up of mine before and after so you can see the difference. Took me an afternoon in total to complete it, but thats nothing if you have a lazy afternoon to waste.
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Gavin
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get it put into the Tutorials & FAQ section so its also topped
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Makarus
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Yeah.
Anyone who can put this into the tutorial section could they please do so??
Cheers,
Sean.
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Mav 3000
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Email Adam Petherwick ('Adam') and he can put it in for you.
Good tutorial!
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Makarus
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Yeah.
I would just add 2 things.
1) I am not saying this is the perfect way, its just the way i did it and I got a decent effect.
2) When you have put the wheels back on try not to drive it for a few hours, if you drive it when damb the paint shifts and sticks out on the drums, I have fixed this by re sanding it gently and giving it a very light top coat.
I will e-mail him later, at work now, hopefully they can sort it.
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and-m
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Wire wool? Why not just use a cup brush and a drill, that way all the rust is gone.
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Adam-D
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i did mine the other day with brake cleaner sprayed it on muck fell off i give it a wipe and painted it job done
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supacorsa
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yeah i would also say use break cleaner to get rid of the most crap
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Munchie
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thanks gonna do me calipers soon.....
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Makarus
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Well like I said I wasn't saying it was the best way, its just the way I did it. Can't comment on the other ways.
Gave it a good clean and scrubbed well, got rid of all the clumps of rust, then whacked on the paint. The paint covers and seals rust anyway.
The way I did it was very cheap, only cost me £7 for the paint and £1.50 for wire wool, then about 50p for a paint brush and another 50p for the sand paper.
So for under £10 its a nice little alteration.
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CorsAsh
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better than spending however much it is for "proper" calliper paint!
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Munchie
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sweet, im gonna do mine silver!
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MattyB
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silver hammerite?? i think the next best thing is the "smooth Grey" that they do
Matt
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luca2020
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good tutorial, done mine the same way
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Makarus
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Well the Hammerite that I got was Smooth Silver, looks smart. Its a bright silver so looks good.
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MattyB
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oh so they do silver! well blow me down!
Matt
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corsa_lad
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do u have to get heat resistant paint?
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Mark Petty
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corsa_lad yes u do need heat resistant paint. I used proper caliper paint i did it in the same way as the bloke did. Mine was abit more expensive though. I used blue caliper paint costs abou £8 from halfords. It came out nice 
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miles
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Hammerite seems to be fairly heat resistant. I painted my V6 calipers with it and I've had no problem.
What ever you do, dont paint your rear drums a colour (other than black or silver) that looks so cheap and tackey!
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miles
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Oh, and parafin is the best cleaning fluid!
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Makarus
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Anyone put this into the tutorial section yet??
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