Brake fluid resistant paint?

[Joe Nardy]

I want to paint the front master cylinder on my '83 GS1100E (so Bert will stop harassing me about it). I've done a lot of research but haven't found any paint that is resistant to glycol-based brake fluid. Anyone have any tips?

Thanks,
Joe

[Steve]

Personally, I think I would concern myself with sealing up the brake fluid leak instead of finding paint that would resist it. :shock:

Any time I have had to paint a m/c, I just masked off stuff that I did not want painted, then hit it with the Krylon, usually satin black.

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[Nessism]

POR sells a paint for brake calipers. Their paints are pretty tough in general so it may be worth a look.

[Joe Nardy]

Personally, I think I would concern myself with sealing up the brake fluid leak instead of finding paint that would resist it. :shock:

Any time I have had to paint a m/c, I just masked off stuff that I did not want painted, then hit it with the Krylon, usually satin black.

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There is no leak. If I had a leak I would have posted about how to seal the leak....................

Let me rephrase: "After 25 years of owning this bike and occasionally removing the master cylinder (which does not leak) cap to add fluid or bleed the brakes, the small amounts of brake fluid that have dripped onto the master cylinder, which does not leak, have eated the paint away. I want to repaint the master cylinder, which does not leak, so Bert will stop harassing me about it. I've done a lot of research but haven't found any paint that is resistant to glycol-based brake fluid. Anyone have any tips?"

By the way, I'm pretty sure Krylon is not brake fluid resistant.....................

Thanks,
Joe

[Joe Nardy]

POR sells a paint for brake calipers. Their paints are pretty tough in general so it may be worth a look.

Nessism,

Thank you for a relevant and helpful suggestion! Have I mentioned that my master cylinder does not leak? :-D

Joe

[8trackmind]

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[hampshirehog]

Brake caliper paint - sold in car parts stores - is about the best (after powdercoating).

[DanTheMan]

Nessism,

Thank you for a relevant and helpful suggestion! Have I mentioned that my master cylinder does not leak? :-D

Joe

Oh, I don't know, Joe, does it, or not??? Are you sure this isn't another (insert your favorite political party here.......) cover-up of one sort or another that you're just trying to hide?????:-D\\/

[twr1776]

Joe, I used the VHT brake caliper spray paint in the satin black color on my 1100's rear caliper and have been happy with it. The directions call for baking @ 200 degrees for one hour after painting to harden the finish but I was lazy and just masked it off and shot it and it turned out pretty good. I think the OEM color was a little more flat black but as they say you can't see it from my house. Tim

Oh I forgot, I have ridden with you and I never saw your master cylinder leaking:-D

[Steve]

By the way, I'm pretty sure Krylon is not brake fluid resistant.....................

I don't know that it's brake fluid resistant, either, because her master cylinder doesn't leak either. ;-)

And ... if Bert is that concerned about how your master cylinder looks, tell him to paint it. :shock:



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[TheCafeKid]

I used caliper paint i found at Autozone, etc. on both the calipers and MC. Out of curiosity, i did a bit of a test, just to see, and have found, while the caliper paint works well for brief exposure to the fluid, any fluid left sitting on there for an extended amount of time will do the same it does to other paints. However, other paints seem to be instantly damaged, so i guess it would be good if you were concerned about fluid while bleeding, or, i dunno...had a small leak* :-D

[PAULYBOY]

Howzabout taking the offending brake parts to a blaster and have them blasted with walnut shell media? They'll be nice and shiny and impervious to brake fluid then!

[psyguy]

Howzabout taking the offending brake parts to a blaster and have them blasted with walnut shell media? They'll be nice and shiny and impervious to brake fluid then!

i second that :-D

or you can powder coat it - it's more resistant than any paint, i think

[KRISTI'SGS550]

Do you want to paint the master cylinder or the calipers? If I am not mistaken, correct me please if I am wrong I am not too good with the terminology yet, the master cylinder is the handle bar attachment and the calipers are what connects down by the wheel. Am I right? I can see painting the calipers, but I think it would be really hard to paint the MC.

Just my 2 cents.

Cory

[BassCliff]

Let's be clear

Let me rephrase: "After 25 years of owning this bike and occasionally removing the master cylinder (which does not leak) cap to add fluid or bleed the brakes, the small amounts of brake fluid that have dripped onto the master cylinder, which does not leak, have eated the paint away. I want to repaint the master cylinder, which does not leak, so Bert will stop harassing me about it. I've done a lot of research but haven't found any paint that is resistant to glycol-based brake fluid. Anyone have any tips?"

Can you be a bit more precise?

Now that's funny right there.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff