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Originally Posted by starlights
I am researching painting my brake calipers, and looking at how to properly clean them. Aside from using degreaser, is it recommended to use iron remover on brake calipers or will it cause more harm than good?
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Calipers are painted (with high temp resistant paint) and clear-coated, so you would maintain them as any other painted surface on your car.
Most consumer-grade iron removers are perfectly safe on paint, as long as you don't let it dry and bake in. My calipers certainly get a dose of iron remover (and all other cleaning products) when I wash the wheels.
Having said that, I may have thoroughly washed the calipers 1 time in the 11 years of F80 ownership while the wheels were off. You can't really get good access to them with the wheels on the car.
HTH,
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