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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Why didn't you just re-clear them? There is about a thousand treads and post on here from other members that have done this already.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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if you clear coat the sticker a bunch of coats i think your ok holding up wise. so spray the caliper the color, lay the paint couple coats, dry spray dry spray, lay sticker down clear as many times as you feel. the sticker will hold good. looks awesome good job
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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Damn looks great. I'd like to see you post up in 30-60 days on how its holding up; it'd be a great reference for the forums.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by typac69
if you clear coat the sticker a bunch of coats i think your ok holding up wise. so spray the caliper the color, lay the paint couple coats, dry spray dry spray, lay sticker down clear as many times as you feel. the sticker will hold good. looks awesome good job

Exactly what we did. I think it will stay on without any problems but I will keep you guys updated with more pictures in a month or two
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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What did you do to sand the calipers? What grit/process did you follow?
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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We sandblasted the calipers, than we manually sanded them with 220 Grit. After manually sanding them, we threw them right back into the sandblaster.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Looks like you painted the bleed valve and the cap too .
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by mrcoolhandsome
Looks like you painted the bleed valve and the cap too .
We Cleaned those up before bleeding the brakes.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by partyboy1122
We sandblasted the calipers, than we manually sanded them with 220 Grit. After manually sanding them, we threw them right back into the sandblaster.

So right after sandblasting the 2nd time, you applied the paint?

Another Question

Did you have access to someone's sandblaster? I have no idea where I could get my hands on one of those.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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what paints(s) did you use?
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Solo II Evo
So right after sandblasting the 2nd time, you applied the paint?

Another Question

Did you have access to someone's sandblaster? I have no idea where I could get my hands on one of those.
After the second sandblasting, cleaned it up a bit with a rag...Than applied the paint.

And yes we used a blaster at the shop!

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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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Looks great however, I wonder how long 5 coats is gonna last. Post pics of the calipers after a month. I'd like to see how the paint holds up. Keep it up.
How long did the stock clear last?!

I think it looks sick! Good Job
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