talontsiawd
Well-Known Member
Price: $30
Purchaced: Neds Autobody (should be at any store that carries duplicolor paint)
Rating: 6/10
Ok, so i was planning to paint my calipers as they look dirty unpainted. My mindset is, it should look stock, my options where black or silver, i went with black. So i went to the local automotive store to buy some high temp spray paint and saw some caliper paint. Interesting. Very little masking should be easy. Well, it ended up taking about the same time, maybe more. With spray paint, you just mask and can spray, this was a bit more involved. It wasn't hard but i'd rather spray, depsite my other complaints. Overall i wasn't very satified with this product. For the price, it should have been better. For $5, the cost of a spray can, i still wouldn't do it this way again.
Pro's: All in one kit (this is sort of a con, read later), you don't need to buy more than the kit. Color is spot on. It says "black" i don't know if it was supposed to be gloss but it's a nice semi flat that looks stock. Now if you wanted red, blue, whatever, and it came out the same, you probably wouldn't be happy. Relatively easy to use, if you can move a paint brush you can do it.
Cons: The all in one kit ended up just costing me money. The masking tape was awful. It takes alot for me to hate tape but this just bonded to whatever it touched. The brush was poorly made, fell apart. I was lucky to salvage it, i know how to from my job, i recommend you buy a better one. Brake cleaner isn't enough, i got through two and i'm almost done. So the all in one cost you in the end as you could buy this stuff seperately and save money. Or, if you are like me, you already had most and stop using what you paid for.
The paint looked "brushed". It didn't level like it should. It's not bad but i expected better for $30.
Anyway, i found this to be pretty average, with sub par materials that cost you in the end. I love duplicolor to be honest. I have painted many calipers using their engine block paint with great results. If you have masking tape, newspaper, plastic bags and some break cleaner, you can do this for $5 and get better results.
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