brake cleaner/calliper paint

[spederman]

just finished painting my calilpers glossy black. I was detailing my car and decided to hit the brakes/calipers with some brake cleaner to get off any brake dust. The brake cleaner started to take off the paint on the calipers and now left the shiny gloss black finish with a nice dull white haze all over them. WTF????

EDIT: Just read the bottle of brake cleaner. Will remove paint. Great, dammit i'm a fuggin idiot. what a waste of hard work and time spent.

 

[d98gt]

Brake cleaner ruined the paint. Get the paint off and do it again

 

[darkside03gt]

what paint did you use? And did you let them sit for a few days? I have gotten a little brake cleaner on my painted calipers and havent had a problem with the paint flaking.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Don't feel bad. I did the same thing before


It took the paint i used on my rotor hats off, but it didn't do much for my calipers paint, which was the duplicolor brush on paint.

The rotors were painted with high temp spray paint and it came right off

Live and learn

 

[bdcardinal]

powdercoated calipers stock ftw.

 

[joshheat25]

Yea It eats right through paint! sorry to hear about that!

 

[Mustang5L5]

powdercoated calipers stock ftw.

Not a good idea. Powdercoat is mostly ceramic and it acts as an insulator and retains heat.

The Bullitt calipers and 10th anniversary Cobra calipers are Painted stock...not powdercoated.

 

[rabidscoobie]

I used the dupli color caliper spray about 2yrs ago and use brake cleaner about once a month on them and still look the same,no paint has come off.Not as bright as they where but thats cuz the pads that I have on there make alot of dust.When I did mine I took them completely off and used about 2 cans of brake cleaner on them then let dry for about an hour then I would spray a coat of paint every 2hrs for 3 coats total,and I havent had so much as a single chip in them.

 

[screamin gt]

Not a good idea. Powdercoat is mostly ceramic and it acts as an insulator and retains heat.

The Bullitt calipers and 10th anniversary Cobra calipers are Painted stock...not powdercoated.

I had newly powder coated calipers on bikes before, never noticed any difference in braking ability. and I'm no amateur on the bike. that being said I'm fairly positive that almost all sportbike calipers are powder coated from the factory at least I know theres no chemical out there that will damage the finish on them.

then again theres nothing in the way of air getting to them on the bike.

 

[bdcardinal]

Not a good idea. Powdercoat is mostly ceramic and it acts as an insulator and retains heat.

The Bullitt calipers and 10th anniversary Cobra calipers are Painted stock...not powdercoated.

the calipers on my DD come straight from brembo stock, with 13" rotors on all 4 corners.

 

[Mustang5L5]

the calipers on my DD come straight from brembo stock, with 13" rotors on all 4 corners.

Pretty sure Brembo's are painted..not powdercoated. I remember reading about it somewhere in a "paint vs powdercoat" thread.


I'm not saying powdercoating is going to make your brakes catch on fire. I just personally wouldn't do it.

 

[bdcardinal]

Pretty sure Brembo's are painted..not powdercoated. I remember reading about it somewhere in a "paint vs powdercoat" thread.


I'm not saying powdercoating is going to make your brakes catch on fire. I just personally wouldn't do it.

i was just out looking at the brakes, they look like powdercoat, but it might be paint. theyre not black or red like most brembos, theyre dark grey.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I shot Brembo an email. Hopefully they will reply.