Re: Model paint on brake caliper - update?

[Jeff Newton <newton@pmc-sierra.bc.ca>]

Will the Testors work on the engine or will the paint burn off?

Cheers,

Jeff Newton

> 
> 
> I painted mine red(DO NOT get the brighter red-it looks like pink!!) 
> about a month ago with the Testors paint pen, not brush on, and they still 
> look great.  Alot of people have commented on them.
> 
> -Dave
> 
> On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Lewis Lau wrote:
> 
> > A few months ago someone (a Jetta owner) posted that he painted his brake
> > calipers with testors (sp?) model paint (a lot cheaper than the folia-tec
> > ones), and was going to post an update later on the durability of the
> > paint... I haven't seen an update for a while... did I miss it? Could the
> > person who did it repost his long-term evaluation? Thinking of painting
> > mine soon...
> > 
> > Lewis
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