Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Brakes painting rotor hats==> what to use

Post says it all, well almost.
I have read in a couple of places the reccomendation to paint the hat to keep it form rusting when istalling new rotors. I would prefer a clearcoat, not interested in a color. What would be best to use and can I just mask off the rotor surface when I spray.
Specifically they are Stazzi's Autospeciality rotors.
Also, does it need to be heat resistant (what temp?), and any other questions that would be good and or important to ask at this particular juncture that I have not asked .
Thanks in advamce amd sorry for the lengh.

I cleaned 'em with spray parts cleaner, made sure they were dry and painted with a satin finish high temp black. I sprayed the entire rotor - the pads wiped the friction surface clean. Been over 2 months and they still look great.

AL

I just did my new ones, used black semi-gloss engine enamel and masked off the rotor's brake surfaces by using short strips of inch and a half masking tape and going slow. I don't wanna leave paint crap on the new pads.

Spray several times, letting them dry in between.
Previously, I cleaned 'em with brake cleaner and a really clean rag to get the Cosmoline protectant off.

Clear shellac won't work, as it isn't hi-temp resistant.
Sure be nice to get them cad plated... oh well.

ZZZ.

On my Mustang I used high-temp (1200 degree) Aluminum colored paint. On our GTP, I used high-temp black semi-gloss. Both have held up great, with track duty on the Mustang to boot.

I used the 1200 degree aluminum-colored paint on my rotors. It is possible to get to most of the interior vanes if you spray the edge. On the fronts, I painted the friction surfaces, and have had no ill effects. On the rears, I tried masking, and I'm not happy with the results. There's just no way to get it perfect.

1200 degree paint is probably overkill.

I don't recommend silver. No matter what you do, the boundary between the friction surface and the painted surface will not be perfect, and a little bit of rust will be there. Also, the silver paint really shows brake dust and other imperfections. Black will hide them.

Thanks for the advice, good stuff.
Looks like the high-temp Duplicolor is the way to go. 1200 probably is over kill, but is 500 enough? I will probably just get the 1200 and be done with it.
Good point on the black vs. aluminum/silver Roger. I was thinking the alum. because overspary wont really show, but with the black it would. The new pads are suppose to generate a lot less dust *crosses fingers*.
Ill let you know they turn out.

I'm comfortable with a little bit of overspray or messy masking results bleeding onto the friction area but I wouldn't just paint the friction area and let the pads scrape it off, because no matter what, some of the material will contaminate both the pad and the rotor and I wouldn't count on that being a neutral or positive thing when push comes to shove.

I cut a circle out of newspaper and then carefully masked it onto the rotor with overlapping strips of tape, and it wasn't *perfectly* circular but after the brakes got used a couple times it was all good. I carefully peeled the tape/paper mask off the rotor and moved it to the other one saving a lot of time. Can't do all 4 rotors this way if the inside diameter of the swept areas is different though. But at the end of the day it's 5 minutes of taping, no big deal.

Why paint them for rust resistance. I had mine Zinc coated for $5 a piece. They have been on my car about 3 months and don't discolor even when they're wet. They stay bright silver. Mine were also the Stazi rotors.