Brake Fluid / Paint
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Running Guns & Moonshine
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Brake Fluid / Paint
My clutch master cylinder died and sprayed/poured fluid down the frame and under the car a bit. I got what I could off of everything, but I went back and wiped again yesterday and the rag removed a lot of loose paint. In some spots down to the metal or maybe undercoating.
Note: the body paint was untouched. This is all the black frame paint.
Is there a treatment I should use to try and neutralize whatever brake fluid remains?
And does someone know the correct color and type of paint I would want to use to match and protect those areas again?
The issue is less so on the vertical side of the frame and moreso under the car.
Note: the body paint was untouched. This is all the black frame paint.
Is there a treatment I should use to try and neutralize whatever brake fluid remains?
And does someone know the correct color and type of paint I would want to use to match and protect those areas again?
The issue is less so on the vertical side of the frame and moreso under the car.
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brake fluid does not play well with paint, as you have just learned the hard way. no way to "neutralize" it...if you don't get it off the paint in a matter of seconds, it begins to chemically dissolve the paint and that cannot be undone...clean it off and repaint is your only option...
Melting Slicks
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My clutch master cylinder died and sprayed/poured fluid down the frame and under the car a bit. I got what I could off of everything, but I went back and wiped again yesterday and the rag removed a lot of loose paint. In some spots down to the metal or maybe undercoating.
Note: the body paint was untouched. This is all the black frame paint.
Is there a treatment I should use to try and neutralize whatever brake fluid remains?
And does someone know the correct color and type of paint I would want to use to match and protect those areas again?
The issue is less so on the vertical side of the frame and moreso under the car.
Note: the body paint was untouched. This is all the black frame paint.
Is there a treatment I should use to try and neutralize whatever brake fluid remains?
And does someone know the correct color and type of paint I would want to use to match and protect those areas again?
The issue is less so on the vertical side of the frame and moreso under the car.
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Car is still under 65k. I've been a turkey baster. Current McLeod RST is 2 years old and has maybe 3k miles on it. I had seen once where the master had leaked prior to my ownership but it had never done so since I bought it in 2012.
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Lots of water as previously mentioned will do the trick and you can also add some soap to help get it off the car.
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Mainly, I want to farm out my valvetrain upgrades: springs, straub trunnion fix, pushrods since I have only done it once over a decade ago on an LT4, so I don't really trust my work. Also, I might be willing to pay someone to bleed the slave cylinder. The summer is over and I want to get the car tuned and driving before the roads get cold. Work I would wait and tackle myself one my once or twice a month when I have a part day free, I now am willing to cough up for just to get it wrapped. Plus, my CCW sp500s are coming SOON. 