Don't use brake cleaner and a scouring pad on barrels of chrome wheels
04-02-2018, 10:30 PM
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04-02-2018, 10:49 PM
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That someone would mistake the barrel of a chrome wheel for being uncoated cast aluminum instead of silver paint? When that same person has two sets of silver painted wheels that have gloss silver barrels making the matte inside the chrome wheels look that much more like raw cast aluminum?
Yeah crazy I know.
Yeah crazy I know.
04-02-2018, 11:13 PM
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FWIW it's warned not to use brake cleaner on calipers as it can eat that paint!
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
04-02-2018, 11:21 PM
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FWIW it's warned not to use brake cleaner on calipers as it can eat that paint!
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
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04-05-2018, 08:54 AM
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FWIW it's warned not to use brake cleaner on calipers as it can eat that paint!
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
When I changed to Carbotech 1521 brake pads on my 2014 C7 Z51 and my Grand Sport, I first used Dawn and water. Then used a 3M abrasive pad on the rotor surface. Then used brake cleaner on a rag and wiped the rotors. I used it very sparingly, not letting it get near the calipers. Then washed the rotors and calipers with rubbing alcohol all caught in a drain pan.
The non-chlorinated brake cleaner is one of the fastest and most thorough paint removers I've ever seen. I won't have that stuff in my shop because of the potential for it to land on painted surfaces and cause damage (spots if its' just overspray or drips).
04-05-2018, 08:58 AM
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06-12-2018, 10:19 PM
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Melting Slicks
strip the complete barrel of the grey flat paint and you have chrome all the way back including the lip that you can see from the outside of the wheel that stains. Easy to clean and will never stain because its chrome.
06-13-2018, 08:01 AM
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Drifting
For those interested, I stumbled across a very easy and effective way to clean the barrels. Believe it or not......a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.....takes everything but the big clumps off quickly without scrubbing.
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06-13-2018, 08:16 AM
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Magic Erasers are slightly abrasive. Do you not have scratch marks inside the barrels?
06-13-2018, 10:29 PM
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Melting Slicks
Do it outside or in a fully opened bay.. the fumes are tough.
The stripper doesn't bother the wheel weights, but I wouldn't drown the weights in stripper either.
06-15-2018, 09:26 AM
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Drifting
The inside of the barrels is not a smooth surface anyway like a body panel. It has slight groves in it. If there were any slight scratches, no one would ever see them.
06-15-2018, 09:35 AM
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Melting Slicks
Right, the barrels show all the machining lines in the aluminum from the machining process. Its a nice softened sheen look that has a flash coat of chrome on it and is easy to clean and does not stain. If yoy remove the paint from the barrels on painted wheels, you would see the same machining on the natural aluminum surface. Much easier to maintain than flat grey paint.