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Title: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: croak2012 on April 24, 2017, 06:44:31 pm

Hi  , 
Can you make old  powder coat look good again?   Not sure if they will look good if i paint o ver them  with a paint brush. I  could get them powder coated but not sure i would be able to put them back together with service.. thanks

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: lukemk5gti on April 25, 2017, 09:10:26 am

Paint brush will look ridiculous unless you're handy enough with it.

You have two options.

Option 1:
Remove them, strip paint and redo the setup

Option 2:
Mask off in situ and spray paint them with VHT which gives an even coat.
I've done mine twice in 4 years.
It's somewhere in my thread - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,89715.msg907250.html#msg907250

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: willni on April 25, 2017, 10:48:32 am

I did the same as Luke, just sprayed over them I usually do my calipers once a year just after winter

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: croak2012 on April 25, 2017, 12:30:54 pm

Thanks ,  so if i mask them off and sand them the spray paint will stick to the powder coating? 

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: rich83 on April 25, 2017, 12:47:14 pm

I would sand the powder cost to give the paint something to adhere to

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: Pesky jones on April 25, 2017, 12:50:31 pm

Also, be very carefull of overspray. I had a friend who painted his scirocco calipers red. Wasn't particularly windy and he newspaper/masked off well. He still gets a red clay bar apaprently!

Title: Re: How to freshen up powder coated calipers
Post by: flashp on April 26, 2017, 12:24:51 pm

How to do it...give it to a company who know what they are doing with them.
I'm lazy like that  :grin: