high heat paint

[awesomeame]

does anyone know where i can get custom colored high heat paint made up?

--matt

[Loochy88]

what color are you looking for exactly?

[awesomeame]

sunset orange metallic ;) same as body color [img]smile.gif[/img]

--matt

[TheFireChicken]

What are you painting, and what temperatures are you expecting?

[Loochy88]

what about if you put down a base color of ?high temp paint primer?, then got some regular som paint, and then put some high temp clearcoat on it. i have no idea if it would work, but its an idea...

thinking more about this... i guess the paint could still cook off at the som paint inbetween. im not really sure on this one.

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[viper98885]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Loochy88:
what about if you put down a base color of ?high temp paint primer?, then got some regular som paint, and then put some high temp clearcoat on it. i have no idea if it would work, but its an idea...

thinking more about this... i guess the paint could still cook off at the som paint inbetween. im not really sure on this one.<hr></blockquote>

This will definitely work. This is how I got the calipers on our Corvette to match the paint color.

First, you want to clean the area to be painted. Then, I sanded the caliper with a 220 grit sandpaper. Then I primed it with a high temp primer. After sanding the primer to a 400 grit paper, I put the maroon basecoat on it. After a few coats and plenty of drying time, I applied a chrome CORVETTE decal. Then, I sprayed it with a high temp clearcoat.

I will probably be doing the same to the calipers on my Lincoln LS, but with the Lincoln star.

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[awesomeame]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by viper98885:


This will definitely work. This is how I got the calipers on our Corvette to match the paint color.
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that's what i'm doing...what's that, 500*F at most?

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by viper98885:
Then, I sprayed it with a high temp clearcoat.
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where'd you get the high temp clearcoat?

--matt

[viper98885]

You can get the high temp clearcoat from the same places that you get the high temp basecoat from. I got mine from a local Autozone.

[awesomeame]

thanks for the info, viper!

--matt