![]() I once needed to strip the paint off of a bonnet but didnt have any paint. Once cured, the stuff is extremely hard and resistant to most solvents as well as chipping. is this reaction limited to certain types of brake fluid. Once I paint a frame, I let it sit for at least a week. I do find that with the POR 15, I need to give it a few coats and let it dry / cure well. The under tank master cylinder on it gave way a few years ago. I have since used it to paint a few bike frames, including a 78 R80 we did up as a cafe. I pulled the master cylinder and rebuilt it, cleaned the frame up and checked the paint every now and again for 2 years. So pulled up the floor boards and found the problem. I was working in the engine bay a few days later and noticed that the frame was wet. As it was mounted to the frame, under the floor boards, I didn't notice right away that it sprayed the frame with fluid. Can brake fluid DOT3 damage paint - Quora Answer (1 of 5): Heck yes it can, and it will The good news is that the fluid is water soluble so just wash it off with soapy water and you’ll be OK, but leave it on and it will discolor the paint first, and later it will lift EVERYTHING off down to bare metal. I converted the car to hydraulic brakes and the seals in the used master cylinder I put in let go after about 3 very hard stops. It came extremely close to the original black that Ford used. The first time I used it was on a frame for a Model A Ford I rebuilt a number of years ago. It seems to be impervious to all kinds of solvents as well as brake fluid. I have used POR 15 black chassis paint on several projects. Classic anti-corrosion coating for metal. Very tough and corrosion resistant, though slippery. it's a coating I've been playing with for fasteners. If you have a pot that has a bunch of baked on oil, see what brake fluid does to that. Same solutions for coating the MC itself. ![]() The advantage of the location is you don't see it, so all sorts of otherwise unsightly things may work. Gets redone every so often (not removed, more added). The grease keeps the stuff off the paint. Once the enamel has dried it gets cured with a heat gun then coated with either vaseline or cosmoline (CRC makes one brand, either spray or jug. I always just used ordinary black rustoleum, in a can and brushed. Powder coating worth testing, and possible it could be spot applied and heat gunned. Department of Transportation specifications) are conventional glycol/ester-based hydraulic fluids, meaning they can and will damage paint if spilled on automotive bodywork. Almost certainly Arborists tar-but very messy. Will DOT 3 brake fluid damage paint All DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5.1 fluids (the numbers refer to U.S. Easy enough to test and both are handy for other things. You might consider either GripGaurd (in a spray) or Plastidip (in a can, brush it). Then flood with brake fluid and let it sit. I mix small quantities of epoxy glue in the depressions in the bottom of PBR cans. one pinhole and the rust will spread underneath. Buy any DOT 3 or 4 on sale/best price and sleep well at night.Click to expand.Brake fluid containers are impervious, as is the printing on them and many other rubbers and resins. I hope this isn't as confusing as a brake fluid mfg putting the word "Synthetic" on their container. "DOT 5" is "silicone" which can't be mixed with the other three and is designed for applications such as racing, withstand even higher boiling points, isn't hydroscopic(won't absorbe water/moisture) and won't hurt the paint on you vehicle where the others will damage the paint. There are different levels of fluids such as DOT 3, DOT 4, DOT 5.1(in which all three can be mixed). They're both synthetic! One mfg is just labeling their container as such and making things very confusing for the normal shopper. There is not such thing as DOT 3 regular fluid and DOT 3 Synthetic. The different types of brake fluid is the difference between synthetic and silicone not synthitic and non synthetic. It's Silicone brake fluid, not synthitic fluid that can't be mixed with other types of brake fluid. The brands that advervise on their bottle, "SYNTHITIC" are just making things confusing as if the other brands aren't synthetic. Yes! They're all full Synthetic, every single one. It seems 20 years ago you just go to peb boys and you get "brake fluid" and you were fine. So not to beat a dead horse, Even the Full synthetics DOT3 would work, like amsoil, Valvoline or just plain Prestone Synthetics? I want to change out the fluid with no irreversible affects.
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