Best Way To Clean Callipers For Painting?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

its a bit of an odd one i know and should be pretty straight forward but i have cleaned my callipers three times now.

 

once with hot soapy water, once with turps and a wire brush and then again with hot soapy water. they are now dry and grease free but still covered in brake dust?

 

obviously i should use proper brake cleaner but what i want to know is does this actually work? or is there any other tips or hnit on how to prep these for paint?.

 

pete

[BusEngineer 7]

I used a wire brush attachment in a drill then brake cleaner, had no problems

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I used a wire wheel on a bench grinder, then gave them a once over with a can of brake cleaner.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i'll get the drill out tomorrow then and grab a can of brake cleaner and crack on with it.

 

with regards to paint, would high temp engine laqeur suffice? or is it best to go for a 2 pac brake laqeur?

[harryskid 193]

I used exchaust paint, seems to work!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Sand blasting and high temp engine laquer is what i used, worked well!

[Obey_R 23]

I also had mine shot-blasted then gave them a good few coats of Smooth Hammerite, seems to be fairing well a year on.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

I also had mine shot-blasted then gave them a good few coats of Smooth Hammerite, seems to be fairing well a year on.

 

was tempted with the hamerite as i have a big pot of it here, wasnt sure how well it would far with the heat tho?

[Obey_R 23]

I've not had any problems at all - 1.9 calipers with standard pads for my daily driver and B road blasting

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

I plugged all the holes and then soaked mine in de-ox-c solution. They ended up looking like new.

[davey sprocket 14]

I plugged all the holes and then soaked mine in de-ox-c solution. They ended up looking like new.

 

I'm sure it's the right thing to do but why plug the holes? The deox-c won't do any harm will it or were you worried about contaminating the new fluid once in use?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

what about the seals? would the de-ox-c not destroy them

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Take the seals out.

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

I can only speak for my experience, I left the rubber gaiters on, they were fine. The De-Ox-C is water based hence doesn't harm the seals, but at the same time I did not want it in the caliper where it could cause corrosion or whatever.

[davey sprocket 14]

Ah, OK. No worries there then... my spare callipers are stripped right down awaiting all new seals etc.

I guess by blowing them through with an airline there shouldn't be any left inside to do any harm.

 

I really must get round to finishing that job... I stripped them down about 18 months ago.

[SurGie 54]

Iv sandblasted mine then used VHT paint, it fully cures once the brakes are used due to the heat.

 

I got mine from Frost, its their caliper VHT paint. I spray mine in two light coats then one medium thickness for the last coat which makes it shine.

 

Do the seals just pop out ?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i have removed the slider dust seals but the cylinders are still in and i have no way of removing them.

 

i'll just go for the wire brush and hard work

 

 

was this what used?

 

deox-c

Edited September 25, 2011 by pugpete1108

[davey sprocket 14]

Unless the pistons are seized in place, you should get them out easy enough, I used a bicycle track pump to apply pressure to the hose inlet hole.

 

Just be careful not to fire the piston across your workshop... I wrap mine up in cloths to catch it and absorb the impact/ brake fluid.

[SurGie 54]

I tried the hard work way and gave up tbh, mine are 6 calipers mind. They are so hard to brush away the paint in the calipers hard to reach places. I have a scrap yard that lets you hire the sandblaster for an hour at a time. There might be one near you that does that too. IV done every part with the wire brush and grinder, but calipers are far harder.

[Baz 421]

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=90307&highlight=Remove+Rust+Effectively+Parts+Home

 

 

Hammerite is not what it used to be.

[billybluesky 1]

http://www.volvoforu...vely+Parts+Home

 

 

Hammerite is not what it used to be.

 

It`s not resistant to brake fluid either all the hard work could end up with a crackle finish!

[Ryan 99]

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=90307&highlight=Remove+Rust+Effectively+Parts+Home

 

I recently did a pair of 206 266mm calipers using electrolysis like in that link. I forgot to take any before/after pictures, but they came up really well after leaving them in overnight and then wire brushing them.

 

I painted them with some VHT caliper paint which was about £6 from a local motor factors.

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

What do you use for the power supply? Is a battery charger ok ?

 

I've just been leaving my parts in vinegar for a week or two to remove the rust, but maybe this electrolysis method is faster

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Soda blasting

 

Gentle enough on the rubbers.

[MiniGibbo 142]

Sand blasting then powder coating is the don but unless you wont to take them off and rebuild them i just use a wire brush and pot of hammerite.