any recomendation for a cleaner for the calipers? or just a cheapish brake cleaner off ebay will do
Buy the paint first and use what the paint manufacturer recommends.
I'm sitting here with the hammerite can in front of me.
So follow my original suggestion.
- wire brush
- wash them with water
- brake cleaner / carb cleaner / paint thinner etc etc. Any solvent cleaner that doesn't leave a residue.
- spray with hammerite.
That's very sneaky of them. Everything leaves a residue, although hammerite seems to stick to anything.
It doesn't specifically say something that doesn't leave a residue... But there's solvent cleaners that leave very little residue.
It actually says 'remove grease with hammerite brush cleaner'.
I think when I did mine, I used silver engine paint. It stuck to my hands and forearms very well and I hadn't degreased them lol.
I think I used one of those lethal wire brushes that you put in a drill and thinners and it's still there.