Are You "oven curing" Your Caliper Paint?

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dibbons

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I just noticed on the Duplicolor Caliper Paint spray can label that the final step in the instructions is to cure the painted parts in the oven after the paint dries. (I think it says one hour @ 200 degrees-hard to read because the label is torn).

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would not doubt it. If you dont the chances of blistering at much higher than 200F operating temps is increased. I painted a set of headers with a high temp cure paint (same ceramic pigment) and they were still making my hands silver after a year of handling them on and off the storage wall. On the flip side, I painted a virgin piece of header pipe with the white ceramic header paint and ran it for a year. When I removed the paint (sort of chipped it off) the metal was as bright silver as the day I applied it.
 
Hmm, won't a few healthy applications of the brakes achieve the same effect?
 
I think the brakes get hotter than 200 too quickly. would need a fully cured paint to handle the increased heat?
 
I would do it on a gas grill, before sticking it in an oven.

I used duplicolor cast iron paint on my exhaust manifolds, and they still look the same 5 years later, the paint has really held up well.

But its all in the prep, I sandblasted them before painting, and rinsed the residue from blasting off with brake cleaner.
 
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