twista
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posted January 03, 2008 03:57 PM
What cleans caliper dust?
whats the best thing to try and clean up brake calipers on the 12s? dust just embeds in these things!
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VincentHill
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posted January 03, 2008 04:41 PM
You have to be real careful / Quick, and wear rubber gloves, but the Purple Super Clean and a Brush then Hose off immediately because it will start to take the Oil out of the tires! This is the same thing they use for cleaning Cooking Grills
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Texas12R
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posted January 03, 2008 04:57 PM
I bet the cleaner you refer to is sodium hydroxide based .
It is an excellent cleaner........but as Mr Hill says.......Be very cautious!
It is used in its concentrated form in a process called chem milling to remove
aluminium, It also removes iron oxide well.....which is primarily what brake dust is I think.
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posted January 03, 2008 05:14 PM
Simple Green!!!...Hose the bike down, spray it on the rims, calipers, forks, motor, swingarm, chain, shock, kickstand, sprocket, use a sponge on the stubborn brake dust and grease / chain lube then hose off...Wait till you see how clean!!!
Best part is that its not corrosive 
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twista
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posted January 03, 2008 06:21 PM
simple green sounds safer,, i will give that a shot first and if that dont work i will suit up i guess! thanx guys
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posted January 03, 2008 07:34 PM
if you really want to step up to the plate....
i only use this when my calipers/parts are off the bike.
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twista
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posted January 03, 2008 08:20 PM
ive used brake cleaner b4,, it didnt do the trick,, they are still dingy yellow calipers,, is this stuff better than the average brake cleaner,, im trying to get them back to the yellow calipers of new,, am i kicking a dead horse?
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CrotchRocket
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posted January 03, 2008 08:40 PM
Nothing will get them like new, the paint fades over time...If they are clean then you cant ask for anything better and people notice when it's clean!!!
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posted January 03, 2008 10:04 PM
It's not paint or at least it wasn't on my A model... When I powder coated them after I split them and removed the rubber parts I soaked them in thinner and they were clean as new.. If they had been painted it would have peeled off..
Don't use Super Clean !!! If you have gold rotor centers and get it on there it will corrode in quick order. I did that to my 10R and had to refinish the centers, Worse of all I knew better.
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posted January 04, 2008 10:37 AM
Simple Green is really good, but is also corrosive to bare aluminum when not diluted, so be careful.
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posted January 04, 2008 12:27 PM
just clean them and then take them off and send them to Crashtech and have him paint them.....thats what I do.....lol
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posted January 04, 2008 01:41 PM
There is also Meguiar's Wheel cleaner for "Painted" Wheels in that same section that is Green in Color that really does a good job and does not hurt the wheels. Use a Stiff Parts Brush after you spray it on and spray the Brush. The Second you are finished hose off for a long time
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CrotchRocket
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posted January 04, 2008 05:42 PM
Vince Comeon!!!...First you recomment a corrosive cleaner, now a parts brush 
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posted January 05, 2008 09:05 AM
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Simple Green is really good, but is also corrosive to bare aluminum when not diluted, so be careful.
i have to agree with you on that.
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posted January 05, 2008 11:05 PM
Piss on them and rinse completely
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posted January 06, 2008 07:07 AM
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Vince Comeon!!!...First you recomment a corrosive cleaner, now a parts brush
That is what got my stuff clean!
I actually take the time to Remove the Calipers and 1 at a time I clean and hose them off! That Purple stuff is "Supposed" to be mixed, but you know we use it straight! 
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