How do you get corrosive brake dust off of a car's paint finish?
10-10-2006, 12:17 AM
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How do you get corrosive brake dust off of a car's paint finish?
After coming back from this weekend's drenched Summit club race, I found that a good bit of my car had rust specks embedded in the paint. It feels rough and is very hard to get rid of. I run Hawk Blues and have used them in the rain before but have never seen the dust stick to the paint this way. I tried using a finesse paint cleaner, soap and water and Simple Green but nothing seems to work.
I also looked on autopia.org but came up with zilch.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I also looked on autopia.org but came up with zilch.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
10-10-2006, 12:24 AM
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Rex,
Thank you. I'm not much of a concours guy but this was worrying me. It's a track car but I love the polar silver and wasn't too keen on light red.
I'll give it a whirl.
Thank you. I'm not much of a concours guy but this was worrying me. It's a track car but I love the polar silver and wasn't too keen on light red.
I'll give it a whirl.
10-10-2006, 10:32 AM
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Hi Mark
Sounds like the race was a mess. What a pain to cleanup.
How did you finish?
I agree about the clay bar recommendation but be sure to read the directions carefully.
Sounds like the race was a mess. What a pain to cleanup.
How did you finish?
I agree about the clay bar recommendation but be sure to read the directions carefully.
10-10-2006, 12:45 PM
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Hey Rick,
The first two days were miserable and cold. I did pretty well considering I was behind the wheel. I believe I qualified fastest in Friday's wet session and second fastest in Saturday's dry session (someone correct me if I moved myself up) but never got a chance to put in really good laps due to the damp track, traffic or black flags. Unfortunately, I broke a front sway bar mount in the middle of the Sunday sprint race, resulting in awful oversteer and the linkage end grinding into the hub. I watched the rest of the race from the access road to Turn 1. Not a happy camper was I.
I hope you've been well!
The first two days were miserable and cold. I did pretty well considering I was behind the wheel. I believe I qualified fastest in Friday's wet session and second fastest in Saturday's dry session (someone correct me if I moved myself up) but never got a chance to put in really good laps due to the damp track, traffic or black flags. Unfortunately, I broke a front sway bar mount in the middle of the Sunday sprint race, resulting in awful oversteer and the linkage end grinding into the hub. I watched the rest of the race from the access road to Turn 1. Not a happy camper was I.
I hope you've been well!
10-10-2006, 02:06 PM
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Things are good here; sorry to hear about your rust but real glad (and not surprised) to hear of your racing success.
I am back on the track next week (NHIS) but that may be it for the year; the remaining good events conflict with client travel (my priorities are somewhat suspect).
I will be checking out whether my trans really did have any damage or if it was just the wheel bearing noise; I hope for the latter.
I am back on the track next week (NHIS) but that may be it for the year; the remaining good events conflict with client travel (my priorities are somewhat suspect).
I will be checking out whether my trans really did have any damage or if it was just the wheel bearing noise; I hope for the latter.
