Author Topic: Best Paint for Brake Disks? (Read 3233 times)

SmithSwede · « **on:** April 01, 2018, 12:54:24 PM »

What is the best black paint to use on the brake disks to get that hipster dark look?

All the paint I have tried so far just rubs off in a few hundred miles. Need something more durable.

jbell · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2018, 01:27:48 PM »

You can try turning the discs down below spec on a lathe. Then every time you brake they will overheat and eventually get that nice dark purpley color.??

oldbike54 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2018, 01:35:33 PM »

Dusty

rss29 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2018, 01:45:22 PM »

Coat the rotors liberally with moly. That should give you the look you’re after.

gerryp · « **Reply #4 on:** April 01, 2018, 03:06:59 PM »

Quote from: SmithSwede on April 01, 2018, 12:54:24 PM

What is the best black paint to use on the brake disks to get that hipster dark look?

All the paint I have tried so far just rubs off in a few hundred miles. Need something more durable.

Please, please tell me this is an early April fools post.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2018, 03:08:05 PM »

Bed liner's pretty tough..

twowings · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2018, 03:49:24 PM »

Hold the brakes on tightly while you twist the throttle wide open...should take about 100 yards to blacken the rotors nicely...

wrbix · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2018, 04:44:50 PM »

Black paint is SO last year - I like this :
Carbon Fiber Vinyl Wrap 5D High Gloss Bubble Free Air Release Big Texture Sheet Roll Film by PEATOP (60" x 12" / 5FT x 1FT) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077XZ4FDS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ejvWAbZ8YSGXX

John A · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:06:11 PM »

this is the front brake, right? experienced riders never use the front, all know it will throw you over the bars

rocker59 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:12:53 PM »

Krylon BBQ Black works for me. Good friction coefficient and it's got that murdered-out look I'm going for...

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:22:10 PM »

I use deck paint with sand in it for extra grippage. Just bled the brakes on the katoom today. She’ll lock the rear wheel and rip up a trough of yard turf now. Braaaaap!

Huzo · « **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:26:30 PM »

Keep drilling more holes in the disc(s).
Eventually there'll be bugger all metal left, and the lower mass will heat up quicker and resulting in that "abused" look you so desperately seek.
You can get it done at a shop for the "professional abuse" look, but I suspect you'll want to do it at home, preferring the "self abuse" method, I sense you're no stranger to the concept...

Even if you have no success with the drilling method, you can rest assured that because your now holey disc is as useless as tits on a bull, you'll crash into the next thing you brake to avoid, and the resulting post crash fire will heat your disc to the temperature you require to give it that shagged worn out pad " hipster" look.

RinkRat II · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:27:28 PM »

Try gun bluing or have them Parkerized

Paul B

pete roper · « **Reply #13 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:30:01 PM »

What a woeful lack of imagination? The answer is simple. Remove the calipers, lines and master cylinders once the discs are painted. That way not only will the paint stay on but you clean all that ugly stuff off the end of the RH handlebar.

What a pack of dummies.

Huzo · « **Reply #14 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:36:59 PM »

Quote from: pete roper on April 01, 2018, 05:30:01 PM

What a woeful lack of imagination? The answer is simple. Remove the calipers, lines and master cylinders once the discs are painted. That way not only will the paint stay on but you clean all that ugly stuff off the end of the RH handlebar.

What a pack of dummies.

Wrong again Roper!!!
It's not "simple"..
It's..."simples"..!
BTW, happy Easter you old Bastard!!
And very best wishes to Jude.

PeteS · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2018, 05:44:05 PM »

Krinkle black. I painted my Lemans disks krinkle red 25 years ago and despite a few chips its still there. Tough stuff.

Pete

LowRyter · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2018, 06:24:19 PM »

Goth Nail Polish

Darren Williams · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2018, 06:41:51 PM »

Nah, just go Flat Tracker look and get rid of the calipers, disk, line and lever.

Remember, less is more.

Wayne Orwig · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2018, 07:45:17 PM »

The secret is painting the brake pads, so the paint transfers back to the rotor.

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Author Topic: Best Paint for Brake Disks? (Read 3233 times)

oldbike54

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