Hammerite

[GALLA_4]

Guys

I am having to redo my calipers as they didn't turn out the best! There is like chips in the hammerite and it looks lumpy.

This is what I used last time.

Is this what I should have been using?

What other options have people used? ie brands etc

I need to redo them in yellow.

Thanks folks!

[Zee007]

That's what I've used, but not yellow..... :D

[T7RY B]

Hammerite smooth. So it is the right stuff you are using.

[d3fy]

Thats what I used in smooth black

[d3fy]

I have also used the Halfords own brand high performance yada yada stuff and in silver and could tell no differance other than in my pocket as the Halfords stuff is more $$$

[AMH]

Same here - smooth blue on the Lex now silver on my RAV - used thinners this time and it was much easier to paint on :)

[PhoneDrome]

No probs with it. I just brushed and degreased (right word?) the calipers and painted them hammerite black :) last year. They look fine :)

[AltezzaScott]

i think you might not have wire brushes and de greased them properly before painting.. i have done this on many a car without any problems..

[Adie]

I had the same problem mate not knowing which one to use. I didnt think this was the correct one though because i thought it needed to withstand heat and Halfords didnt seem to do caliper paint in black.

In the end i used their own brand high heat paint for engines. Paint went on fine and although it was only friday that i painted them, they look great.

[GALLA_4]

This may sound totally stupid, but would a good degreaser be fairy washing up liquid?

[BESTY]

This may sound totally stupid, but would a good degreaser be fairy washing up liquid?

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if i was you i would use calliper paint from Halfords etc,its thinner and easier to apply,yeh just was em wid soapy water first if you need to,does the job.

[GALLA_4]

Since I still have more than half the can of yellow Hammerite smooth left I think I will go again with that but prep them better! Is there a way to make the Hammerite thinner to apply?

[BESTY]

Since I still have more than half the can of yellow Hammerite smooth left I think I will go again with that but prep them better! Is there a way to make the Hammerite thinner to apply?

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thinners :D

[Matthew_McNally]

Since I still have more than half the can of yellow Hammerite smooth left I think I will go again with that but prep them better! Is there a way to make the Hammerite thinner to apply?

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you don't need to make it thinner mate.

scrub the living daylights out of your calipers with a wire brush, get all the surface crap off.

then thoroughly wash and dry.

should be "golden" then :P

[chib1177]

i used engine paint in silver made by CARPLAN its fantastic stuff and completely dry ready for next coat in 10 minutes. :D

[AMH]

Can you re-coat Hammerite - might just be my poor memory but I always thought you could not re-coat after 8 hours ...