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How Are the Brake Calliper Paint Applied on Audi?
by Herts Wheels Specialists in Alloy Wheel RefurbishmentThe Audi you are owning could get some additional pop and sizzle after you get its brake calliper painted. Brake calliper painting is indeed simple relatively economic. Audi's open design and larger size of several Audi wheels show how well colored its brake callipers are. You need to see the professionals in London, an expert in the field for removing the wheel, painting the brake callipers and putting the wheels back on. Then your prized car shall gain the fresh new look and stand out while you drive it down the roads.
The professionals handling the brake calliper paint services in London follow the steps seriously to complete the task. They use the necessary materials like the car jack, brake cleaner, hard-bristle brush, 500-degrees paint, Painter’s tape and garbage bags.
- Step 1 - Removing the Wheels and Cleaning the Brake Callipers
By lifting your cars, they remove the wheels carefully, one at a time for accessing the callipers. Then, they jacks up your car and safely set it on jack stands. To save the wheels from over-spraying, they set the wheels aside.As the wheel are off, the clean the callipers to remove the dust and dirt using brake cleaner and a brittle brush. Since brake cleaner is irritating to the skin and burning to the eyes, so they wear gloves and safety glasses. They clean the callipers thoroughly and surely dry them before going over to masking the car.
- Step 2 - Masking the Car
The professionals use the garbage bags in the process as they are durable, impervious masking materials to prevent over-spraying, controlling arms along with the car’s inner fender. Masking around the wheels and on the car’s outer surface is a safe option.
- Step 3 - Masking the Rotor
For protecting the rotor’s back near the calliper from being painted, they use a rag for putting it under the calliper bracket of your Audi. Next, they apply the plastic bag or a paper around the rotor’s remaining area for its protection.
- Step 4 - Painting the Callipers
The professionals use special calliper paint and apply a light painting coat on the callipers. Once dried, the next coat is applied and the process goes on four times or more. Compared to one thick paint layer, several light coats look much better. Minimum four coats are necessary for the brake callipers to look good. When all of them are masked, then it is easy to work around the Audi, and when the last wheel is painted, they make sure the first coat is completely dry to receive the further coats.When they have sprayed everything, they wait for the paint to completely dry for cleaning your car’s wheels and rims as it renders an appreciative final look to the whole area.
- Step 5 - Cleaning Up and Putting the Wheels Back On Safely
Finally, they remove the additional accidental paint splashes and the marks of over-sprays. To wipe off the dried spray paints, they use paint thinner and never use anything likely to soften the paint. Then they wash and wax well your Audi. Reattaching the wheels and lowering the car marks the job is fruitfully done and that your Audi is ready to roll the streets of London with its newly painted flashy new brakes.
Now after discovering the process, you might think it is an easy DIY process, but the reality is quiet the opposite. The car needs to be lifted, that you cannot do alone. There is a method to apply the think coats of brake calliper paints that you don’t know. Rather, the process takes a lot of time, which is really scare in your hands. Overall, applying brake calliper paint is a complete professional task, and in the hands of the professionals, your Audis is safe.
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