rust on rear brakes anyone have a solution

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Jun 1, 2007 | 12:05 AM

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NPSC303

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Originally Posted by PERRYinLA

Well, they could, but they don't.
I used to go through a lot of trouble with the masking myself- then I said the hell with it and let the pads do it.
Be assured that any contest between paint and brake pads is over the first or second time you apply the brakes.
Brakes do squeak, but it sure isn't the paint causing it.

Well, just as a warning to some, I personally know someone who painted their rotors without taping them off. His brakes were fine before, and squeeked like hell for weeks afterwards until he ended up changing his pads. Could have been the pads he was using, but all I know is they worked fine before he painted his rotors...

besides, it only takes a few minutes to tape up each rotor...

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Jun 1, 2007 | 11:50 AM

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PERRYinLA

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OK, fair enough.

The few times I tried masking off the areas of the rotors swept by the brake pads, I had trouble since the straight masking tape has to be continuously curved.

So I decided to instead just be careful with the paint spray nozzle and avoid the unmasked rotor area, leaving just a few small spots of overspray that the pads quickly obliterate once you drive the car.

That's because the engine paint remains soft initially. It is supposed to be heated in an oven within ~12 hours of application to cure properly- impractical unless you are removing the rotor (and like your oven smelling like paint).