Anyone ever paint their master cylinder

[DissFigured]

Just got a refurbished one, and Was thinking about painting it red w/ a chrome cap to sort of match the rest f the car rather than leaving it the grey color it currently is.
Is that totally dumb?

 

[zookeeper]

Not at all. If you do a nice job I think it'll look great. I always like it when people show some attention to detail on an otherwise overlooked part. Go for it.

 

[toolwench]

I think it'd look good. Just don't spill/splash/drip any brake fluid. It works remarkably similarly to paint stripper.

 

[daddiosquared]

your Mustang would look great! Make sure you use a good primer too. Have fun!

 

[mustangdave]

I usually put a clear on just to keep it from rusting but every time you pull the cap off needs to be a surgically clean procedure as brake fluid will eat the paint right off. There are fluid resistant coatings; check them out... it seems I remember seeing some at Eastwood.

 

[bnickel]

just go to your local home depot or Lowe's and get some Red Devil (or any brand really) Appliance Epoxy paint, brake fluid won't eat through the epoxy nearly as bad. VHT also makes some epoxy paints as well that you can order from summit or jegs if you can't find them locally.

 

[zookeeper]

To keep the m/c on my wife's '69 looking new, we painted it with Eastwoods cast-iron manifold paint. Still looks new after about 10 years.

 

[DissFigured]

Here it is

Painted:

 

[chromedog]

i painted mine with cast grey, and use dot 5 fluid...

 

[68converted]

Did mine in Por 15 silver. It looks very nice and I tested the fluid on it and it did not do a thing to it. That stuff is tough!

 

[CarFreakGT]

That looks great, diss. What kind of paint did you end up going with? I agree that it's a nice detail. Good idea.

 

[DissFigured]

I bought some auto paint from the sherwin williams auto store (matched to the car's paint). I actually just used a model hobby type of airbrush and sprayed it on. Then did the same w/ a couple coats of clear.