Miata Mailing List: June 1997, Message #195
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From: 	"Fletcher Blades" <fblades@fanshawe.newzealand.ncr.com>

Subject: Brake Caliper paint

Date: 	Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:06:29 -0500







>

>    There is a German company that

>sells brake "paint" (checkout speciality auto mags. towards the back).

>Although, it would seem that any high temp. paint in yellow would work.

>Along the lines of highlighting small components with paint, I recently

>thought of (won't do it though, truth be told) painting the mirrors red

>or yellow, ala the Mercedez CLK-SLR or the Silver Arrows (F1).  Keep in

>mind, this is all on a silver car, so it would have contrast.

>

>Eric Schwarzentraub

>'91 Silver



The company is Foliatec  (or Foliotec, I forget)



I have not used, or seen in person the results of this stuff, but the   

importer of it (to NZ) is a friend and we have talked about it. Here's   

what I know...



Its not cheap....



It's applied with a brush.... ie no oversparay or masking needed...



It comes as three parts...



First is a cleaner (you'll need to buy some brake cleaner separately if   

you get normal paint).

Then the brush-on paint, (which is thick, and flows to fill up the rough   

cast look of standard brake parts).

Then a final coat which is either a hardener, or gloss coat.



I have seen photo's and the results certainly look better than you can   

acheive with normal paint.



>From what I have heard/seen  this is the way to get a "proper" job, not a   

cheap one.



It seems like good stuff, but I havent tried it (mainly because I'm cheap   

 ;-)



Fletch.