Removing Caliper Paint

[ledzilla]

So, with Jerry's fantabulous calipers on the way, I am going to need to redo my rear calipers so they match. But, before I can powder coat them, I need to remove the paint. I painted them with the G2 stuff. What's the best way to remove that paint? I can't seem to find any resources on removing it, you know, besides letting it flake off on its own or gouging it off with brake pad clips.

[MOTOWN]

Get a wire wheel brush and have at it!

[loud2004marquis]

If your getting them powder-coated, see if you can have them sand blasted before.

[ledzilla]

The shop I'm looking at for powder coating also does sand blasting. Just wasn't sure how resistant that G2 paint was to either sand blasting or wire wheel brushes, since its an enamel paint.

But definitely not doing the wire wheel brush. My hands are terrible and don't hold up for long when using wire wheel brushes. Plus, I'd have to run the brush with the calipers on the car. Don't have a workbench or anywhere to put one.

[stevengerard]

some enamel paint is a bear to get off but they should be able to get it off with some determined sand blasting.

[justbob]

I love my blast cabinet. [emoji4]


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[JimP]

Get some aircraft paint remover, the brush on stuff or the industrial paint stripper in a spray. My first choice would be the aircraft paint stripper though.

[BigCars4Ever]

May be better off getting new calipers. They are pretty cheap. Use your old ones as a core.

[Mr. Man]

Call G2 and ask them how to remove their paint.

[martyo]

May be better off getting new calipers. They are pretty cheap. Use your old ones as a core.

This.

Blasting the calipers can leave abrasive behind. And, it's well, you know, abrasive.

[lji372]

I plan to get an extra set of rears as cores so I can powder coat to match and swap out.

[ledzilla]

Yeah, I didn't want to buy another pair, since I had bought this pair only a couple years ago, and the car hasn't been driven much in that time. I guess it's nice in that respect that the rear calipers are fairly inexpensive. But I'll try the paint remover stuff first, and then go from there.

And a related note, do calipers require disassembly prior to piwder coating?

[Mr. Man]

Yeah, I didn't want to buy another pair, since I had bought this pair only a couple years ago, and the car hasn't been driven much in that time. I guess it's nice in that respect that the rear calipers are fairly inexpensive. But I'll try the paint remover stuff first, and then go from there.

And a related note, do calipers require disassembly prior to piwder coating?
If your handy with tools I'd pull them apart to clean them up. It also makes painting easier as you don't need to be as careful painting. It's not necessary though.:)