SandBlasted My 5 Lug Spindles and Caliper! *PICS*

[Starscream88]

Took a while, But as you can see well worth it!
Everyone is suggesting paint now,

But How quickly would these start tu rust and look crap?
I kinda like the "new" look,
But am open to the paint idea

What do ya think?

 

[Starscream88]

The dirty ones are there for comparison

They will all be clean soon, Had enough sand up my nose and in all the cracks for one night,

Gotta do the rears tomorrow,

Ill have pics of those when Im done!

 

[89MustangGX]

Now is definitely the time for paint. I think brand new they have some type of oily coating on everything, so it rusts slower -- but with nothing at all they will probably not take long at all to start again.

 

[sn9550]

Try some high temp. ceramic clear from Walmart or Autozone. I think it's made by Duplicolor. I used it on my valve covers and accessory brackets.

 

[trbkrb]

Yes, it will rust quickly. The set I did started rusting within a few days. Ditto on the ceramic paint. I used it on my rear Mark VII calipers after sandblasting them, and they have held up for a while. I need to really clean them to see how they look, though.

Thomas

 

[SmockDoiley]

I personally havent had any luck with rattle can on anything. Ive tried every technic too, prime it first, clean everything first, dont wait/wait between each coat, many light coats, one big coat, roughing up the surface first. In my opinion only pro paint or powdercoating will hold up to wrenches and things.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Use high temp brake caliper paint or Engine paint.

I used the VHT brake paint on my brakes and it held up great after 1 year. I used Black on all the suspension components and yellow on the calipers.

I used high temp Aluminum engine paint on my T-5 that i rebuilt. Looks really good. Of course aluminum won't rust up, but it's pretty close to the sandblasted look you have now. WHen i showed a friend the recently rebuilt T-5, he asked if i had in fact sandblasted it.

 

[Michael Yount]

You're kidding about how long it will take to rust right? Freshly sandblasted steel will rust like crazy! I don't want more than an hour or two to pass after sandblasting before I get paint on them. In the humid parts of the country I've lived in, you can see the beginnings of corrosion literally in hours. In fact, watch them real closely - you may actually have to blast again if you're not careful. Blasting can also impact strength on critically stressed forgings like spindles - I would've simply cleaned/wire brushed, and painted the forgings with a self-etching primer and paint. Good luck with it.

 

[88stangmangt]

just use caliper paint that should work and they got like 20 colors.

 

[Rick@CJs]

Skip the paint and get everything powder coated. Looks better and lasts much longer.

 

[Michael Yount]

If the brakes are used hard, the powder coating probably won't stand up to the temps. They also bake at 400-500F to melt/cure the coating - not sure I'd want to ask the rubber bits of the calipers to cope with that.

 

[halbo50]

I glass-beaded my spindles instead of sand blasting them, don't think it really matters. After blasting the spindles they sat in the garage for about a week before I ever did anything to them and they never rusted and it is more than humid in southeast GA. I ended up using duplicolor ceramic paint from advance, It said it was good for 1200 degrees. The paint is aluminum dh1606. I put on about 10 light coats. I was'nt in a hurry so I sprayed on a coat a day just letting the hot sun down here cure it. Its been about 3 months now on my daily driver and still looks new.

 

[shttygtstang]

is this a honda forum now .... just f u c kin with ya it looks good

 

[Kevin R.]

Those look great! And Mustang5L5, those calipers look bada$$!!

 

[iwashmycar]

Those look great! And Mustang5L5, those calipers look bada$$!!

 

[Michael Yount]

I've sandblasted long tubes in Houston before where the flange had already started 'yellowing' by the time I was done with the collector end. Suffice it to say you won't hurt yourself if you get paint on it as soon as you can.