painting rear brake drums

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painting rear brake drums

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do you think normal aerosol spray will do it or wil it flake due to heat???

I am thinking flake but dont really want to spend 30 euros on caliper paint. Tight i now
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Smoothrite brushon matey been using it for years on all my brake calipers hubs etc this pic is of the brakes on my BMW

just give em a good wire brushing and a wipe over with a degreaser then a few coats with the old brush :ok
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the degrease sounds an important step

Hammerite Smoothrite - brush on

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HarryMann wrote:the degrease sounds an important step

Hammerite Smoothrite - brush on


Defo mate its all in the prep work as long as the flakey bits have been removed and then wiped over with whitespirit prior to paint the paint will stick like poo to a blanket
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