Best durable paint for front master cylinder

[sixinoz]

Time to repaint my front master cylinder as the paint has been taken off by leaks/spills. On my CB750 I tried epoxy self priming paint but the brake fluid made short work of it when I did get a spill.
I thought maybe hitting it with an etch primer first or powder coating it might be more durable? Any suggestions based on your experience with different paints would be appreciated.

[spencer]

I had mine powder coated. It looks great and seems to be immune to brake fluid.

[EMS]

Careful, Spencer, it is not.
Eastwood used to sell brake caliper paint which holds up better than anything else.

[spencer]

Careful, Spencer, it is not.
Eastwood used to sell brake caliper paint which holds up better than anything else.

Well, I guess I have not given it a real test, and I don't plan to. It does look good though, and I suspect it is better than paint.

[EMS]

I have several powder coated calipers on bikes and yes, they look great and are better than most paints. But most powders are urethane based and brake fluid will eat it. I keep a spray bottle with water close by when I bleed brakes or work on the calipers when fluid can escape.
Here is a link to the Eastwood stuff:

https://garage.eastwood.com/eastwood-ch ... ant-paint/

[sixinoz]

Ok - thanks for the input guys. I am in Australia so most suppliers won't ship flammable goods here. My local shop does have caliper paint so I will try that.
Bottom line seems to be don't spill any brake fluid as it seems nothing is impervious to brake fluid!

[Dynamohum]

Two-three coats wouldn’t hurt either. Say, have you been to Cunnamulla?

[sixinoz]

Only been as far west as Goondiwindi so Cunnamulla is new to me.