Manky Monkey Motors

I had the golf calipers for my axle re furbed by a company . I chose the basic silver finish. Some on here may recall the perlaver I had bleeding the system. Brake fluid inevitably spilled on to the calipers as I  bled them,what with constantly removing the bleed tube etc.. Theyre now left with brown stains on them,which look like rust marks ,but I dont think they are.I need to clean up and repaint them as I assemble everything. I know there is proper caliper paint available(heat resistant?) but am wondering if just using some rustoleum will be ok? Anyone any thoughts?
           Rod

Hi Rod,

Frosts do a paint, might be what you're after.....

website link - http://www.frost.co.uk/

piant link - http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9688&frostProductName=Eastwood Brake Grey (368gr)  &catID=14&frostCat=Brakes&frostSubCat=&subCatID=

Thanks TOB ,will go have a look at that!

In the past Ive just wacked on some Hammerite or similar,then repainted it when it looked scruffy etc,but thought I needed a better longer lasting finish on my re-furbed calipers.So I 'phoned Frost............Info maybe usefull to somebody...........They have 2 types of paint for calipers/brakes. The link in Tonys post above^^ refers to a spray paint which is brake fluid (dot3)proof . They only have this in Grey (or gray,as they say :))
 The other type they have is "caliper paint "which is brush on . Frost couldnt advise whether it was brake fluid proof or not.
 Judging by the caliper paint reviews on the Halfrauds site their brush on caliper paint isnt fluid proof.
 The Frost spray stuff is double the price ,(about £23 inc post)than the caliper paint,but is out of stock at the moment. Ive ordered and paid for some ,so I hope the expense and wait is worth it!
     
          Rod

If you lacquer the callipers after painting them you can just wipe off the brake fluid if it spills as long as you dont leave it ages....this is not a cure all but it does offer some protection to your paint, Ive also used enamel paint which seems to do the job ok but same thing again.. if you spill brake fluid on it wipe it off as soon as you can....Voodoo....

To be fair,a reviewer on the Halfrauds site did say that if overcoated with a laquer the paint wont lift off. But I felt I couldnt take the risk on the info! :)
           Rod

Why do so many people feel the need to "spill" brake fluid? perhaps a better fitting bleed tube and a little more care might be the answer to your problems?, me. I use engine laquer!.........Morrag

Sometimes it's unavoidable if you don't have a very steady hand - but whenever I'm doing anything that involves brake fluid I always keep a cloth and a bucket of water handy to wipe it off immediately.

I am always careful when bleeding brakes,but was unavoidable when I went thro' the saga of getting pedal pressure when I initially did mine. The amount of times I had to remove the bleed tube from each side,it was inevitable I spilt some.
                     Rod

Have some water handy, if you spill some it will just wash off if you do it quickly.

has anyone tried an eazibleed kit, comes with different size master cylinder caps, if the one you need aint in the kit get a scrap one and drill a suitable size hole in the center ,attach the tube to the cylinder cap ,screw cap in place ,fill up eazibleed bottle with fluid ,screw on cap ,fit tubes to each bleed nipple and place other end in jars or tins ,slacken off said nipples ,put other pipe from bottle onto a car tyre with no more than 15psi ,the pressure from the tyre forces new fluid into system forcing all the old fluid and air out of system,as soon as new fluid is coming out of tubes disconnect tyre lock up bleed nipples take off eazibleed from cylinder dip a clean rag in cylinder to bring level to maximum ,job done by one man no mess unless you forget to disconnect tubes and jars from nipples
dont know how much they cost but i,ve bin using one for over 20 myears with no problem

yep eexy bleed kits are brilliant   used one for years    it was the only way you could get a good clutch on early range rovers

i had mine coupled to a small air regulator the same as you use for an air fed spraying mask so i could just plug it into the garage air supply

Yay, I'm not the only one with an eezibleed kit, whoop whoop whoop!! I was a closet eezibleed owner but its out in the open now. Gosh, I feel so much better ;D ;D

Burn him! Burn the Eezibleed heretic!

Yep Got an Eezibleed too!

i,m gonna buy me a new ezzee bleed  cozz mine,s about worn out  it needs to retire , its that old ,, :D :D