neit_jnf

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I sprayed my painted rear caliper with brake cleaner and I watched how the paint got wrinkled and ruined... I then wiped it all off with a rag!! Good thing that I had some extra paint and fixed it but it was frustrating...

cabaynes

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read the label on the brake cleaner - it should clearly say not to use with painted surfaces.

maxcooper

Watch out on your shocks, too. I was cleaning some grease off my rotors after replacing some suspension stuff and decided to spray some on my GAB super-R shocks to clean them off a bit. The stream of fluid dripping down started to run red! Fortunately, the paint must be pretty thick because there aren't any "bald spots" on the shock body.

-Max

13b4me

Yea it don't take a genius... solvent + paint = no paint

DamonB

Some brands of brake cleaner "eat" paint and some don't. My calipers are painted with Testor's model paint and had always been fine after repeated use of brake cleaner. I then bought a different brand of cleaner and it dissolved the paint nearly instantly. Damn!

neit_jnf

iTrader: (17)

^^^ Mine are painted with Testor's model paint too! That's why it was so easy to paint it again

simex

ha, i used brakleen to remove the overspray on my rotor when i painted my calipers. yeah, it just turned dried paint to liquid instantly.

DamonB

I could be wrong but the chlorinated cleaners most likely eat paint. The non-chlorinated ones should be paint safe.

maxcooper

I was at the auto parts store recently buying brake cleaner. I was looking at two different cleaners from CRC. One was red, the other was green. The cans say exactly the same things (non-chlorinated, etc.) and I couldn't find any difference. Does anyone know if there is a difference between red and green CRC Brakleen brake cleaners?

Wait, this says red is chlorinated (see page 3):
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/pubs/4_10.pdf

But I swear both bottles said "non-chlorinated" when I was looking at them. Weird.

The last post in this thread (about Lava Lamps?) seems to indicate that I am not crazy (except maybe for trusting a Lava Lamp message board):
http://www.archibot.com/dcforum_oozi...umID3/265.html

-Max