How do I remove caliper paint?
08-26-2002, 11:06 AM
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How do I remove caliper paint?
The owner before me painted his calipers on the front disc brakes.
Well, the caliper paint wore off in about 5,000 miles. It really looks like ****, but I've never gotten around to redoing it.
Since I'm chaning out the rotors and pads, I'm going to do it now.
How can I remove the old crackling white pain that he put on it?
And, how can I paint it to avoid it flaking off again so quick?
Did he just use a ****ty paint brand, or does it always come off that quick?
Thanks,
Brian
Well, the caliper paint wore off in about 5,000 miles. It really looks like ****, but I've never gotten around to redoing it.
Since I'm chaning out the rotors and pads, I'm going to do it now.
How can I remove the old crackling white pain that he put on it?
And, how can I paint it to avoid it flaking off again so quick?
Did he just use a ****ty paint brand, or does it always come off that quick?
Thanks,
Brian
08-26-2002, 02:10 PM
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I guess I will have to use some thinner. If I were to just paint them black, then the white underneath would just continue to flake off, and the black would go with it.
I won't need to bleed the brakes so I won't be able to do that either.
Maybe I will try a bristle wire brush as well.
I won't need to bleed the brakes so I won't be able to do that either.
Maybe I will try a bristle wire brush as well.
08-26-2002, 02:53 PM
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Originally posted by wrigh003
Brake fluid does a pretty good job of eating paint, so just don't be too careful when you're bleeding the lines.
Brake fluid does a pretty good job of eating paint, so just don't be too careful when you're bleeding the lines.
08-26-2002, 03:49 PM
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well instead of bleeding the brakes to get the brake fluid, why dont you just get some cheap a$$ brake fluid and apply it to the calipers with a towel or something to get the white paint off.
08-26-2002, 04:08 PM
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Okay, so I will buy a dollar worth of brake fluid and rub the calipers clean.
But, when I repaint it, the new paint won't stick because of the brake fluid right?
Sucks.
Maybe I will just be a lazy ass and put the black paint on top. My rationale is that any white paint still on after 2 years most likely will stay on at this point. Right? Right?..... right?....
But, when I repaint it, the new paint won't stick because of the brake fluid right?
Sucks.
Maybe I will just be a lazy ass and put the black paint on top. My rationale is that any white paint still on after 2 years most likely will stay on at this point. Right? Right?..... right?....
08-27-2002, 03:47 AM
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If you're going to go to the effort to paint them again, might as well do it right, right? Get a wire brush and get as much of that old **** off as you can, then paint them back with high-temp engine enamel, as many thin coats as it takes to cover it up good. And while you're down there, I know you said you weren'y going to need to bleed the brakes- but maybe a nice set of stainless stell brake lines would look cool, too. 