Hot Rods HIgh temp paint on brake drums

I bought some POR15 high temp aerosol paint (good up to 1200 *F) for my new brake drums that had been kiss turned to insure roundness. In reading the instructions I see that the paint does not reach full cure until the painted parts are baked for at least 2 hours at 400*F or higher.
Bake the drums in the kitchen oven? Not when the little woman with a big voice is home.
I am concerned that the high temp cure may distort the new drums. Has anyone used this paint without the oven cure?

 

Have not done brake drums, but have had exhaust manifolds in the oven at 350 with no warping. She who must be obeyed was at work at the time...

 

Why are we so afraid of little women?

 

On another note, I had the rear brake drums on my car powder coated. Later, it looks like one of them was removed from the car by heating the center of the drum with a torch which damaged the powder coat. What gets me, is that I'm the only one in my garage and I didn't do that. Sneaky gremlins.

 

What’s wrong with just regular high heat black paint ?

Tommy

 

What is the temperature rating for regular high heat black paint? The paints with higher temp ratings require heated curing. The POR15 I have is rated to work up to 1200*F. Paint that cures through use on drums or calipers is rated at 900*F. I already own the 1200*F paint. But, I may just buy some 900*F rattle can paint and be done. I don't want to suffer through peeling paint because I did not properly cure it.

 

it will stink up the oven, don't do it in one you cook food in.

 

How would 400 in an oven warp the drums, when much higher braking temps on the car don't?

 

Shoot the paint, let it dry well, then put them in your gas grill. Burn off your gas grill on high heat after you're done.

 

I bake parts in the oven and wash em in the dish washer
You’re good

 

Just make sure you don't get any paint on the working surface of the drums....

 

Don't know about POR but I've powder coated quite a few drums with no problems.

 

I always use regular spray paint, never had a problem with paint pealing,.

I can assure you if you use the oven in the house you will be buying the wife a new one, please don't ask me how I know! HRP

 

VHT. Flame proof is supposed to be good from 1300-2000 degrees Fahrenheit .
Sounds pretty high to me .

Tommy

 

You can pick up a cheap toaster oven at almost any second hand shop to bake parts in.

 

I have regular rust-oleum gloss black on my DD pickup back drums. The first and only paint job has been there 25 years now. But I don't have road salt.

 

I use engine enamel. Dries fast and has a plenty high enough temp rating, unless you're going road racing and plan to really heat your brakes.

Gary

 

Paint 'em and take 'em over to @anthony myrick 's house... he gets by with a lot of shit us mere mortals don't!

 

I've only ever used regular paint on brake drums, never had a problem, but I'm not road racing either.

 

Rebuilding a q-jet in the kitchen.
Wife thinks it’s funny

 

I used the regular Platikote gloss black engine enamel with ceramic on the drums of the '41 (after blasting them) and they still look great over 2 years later.

 

So do you think she's laughing AT you or WITH you?? Not trying to stir up trouble, just wondering...

 

Might be tough to find one deep enough for a brake drum though.

 

Probably a little of both.
She came home one evening and thought I was cooking dinner. I was boiling a carburetor

 

Some aren't so little.

 

I used VHT caliper paint. I did put them in the oven, but at a lower temp. Putting the painted drums in the oven to cure is not necessary, as the paint will cure from brake heat. Either the smell from curing in the oven wasn't that bad, or my wife was out of town.

Keep in mind, when it comes to wives, "The pen is mightier than the sword."

 

All carb parts go thru a wash/rinse in the dishwasher with Finish and 1/2 cup of vinegar after a little external brushing on the hottest cycle. You will like how they come out.
Years ago I made a 3’x2’x2’ wooden box with a hinged lid and 2 250 watt heat lamps. My son has it now. You really needed to watch the heat.

 

Don't wait too long to get them heat cured. I painted a set of headers with paint that needed high temp to cure. I didn't get around to putting them on the car for maybe 4 years. When I first started the engine and got it up to temp, the paint just fell off the headers. Pulled them and repainted with the same paint but put them back on and got them up to temp right away. They look good 2 years later.

 

I paint my drums with regular old Rustoleum and never had an issue of it burning off, of course I don't ride my brakes or go scta racing, just normal city driving.

 

Did you put those headers on a newly rebuilt engine?