White Sonata, BFWD + BFMS

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Please forgive me if this topic has been discussed before. I heard about your forum from the M5 messageboard. I posted this thereand had little luck with any solutions. Im hoping someone here has a trick.



Here we go:



I feel like I have gotten the hang of detailing. I am very comfortable with the Orbital buffer and I have been getting excellent results on my cars.



I have one last dilemma. I have tried and thought of many solutions. None of these seem to help.



I am talking about the rust on the brake rotors that sheds its dust and turns your wheels that shade of orange the second you drive it out of the garage. It drives me nuts:mad:



I have tried driving the car after cleaning it and before drying it but then I have gotten the car dusty again so I can't dry it without swirling up the paint.



I have tried drying them with compressed air but this does not work.





I have tried washing the wheels, driving the car around the block to dry the brakes and then washing the car, taking care not to wet the wheels but they always end up getting wet and rusting again. :mad:





Nothing seems to work. I'm sure you guys suffer from the same predicament so Im hoping one of you clever detailing fanatics has figured out a solution.





Thanks in advance:thumbsup:
 
Welcome to the forum!



There is no cure for surface rust on rotors. They are bare metal and prone to surface oxidation. You obviously can't coat them with anything since either it won't last or it will effect your braking power.



I have a hard time imagining that the rust is bad enough to dirty your wheels. Are you sure it isn't regular brake dust your seeing?



By the way, I usually wash my car and wheels then take a spin around the block to heat up the rotors and stop the rusting from the wash water.
 
Brad,



It is clearly the dust from the rotors. It only happens right after the car is washed and it is immediate. It is not just plain brake dust because it is orange! Thanks anyway. Ill try to take a spin and then try to keep the brakes dry while washing the rest of the car.;)
 
Cadmium plated rotors

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I guess if you didn't have such a fast car you wouldn't need to use the brakes! :D Good luck on a fix! If you figure something out let us know.
 
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<strong class='bbc'>Cadmium plated rotors

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Uhhh...the first time you stop after installing the rotor, all the "cadmium" coating on the face of the rotor will be "cut" off by the brake pad. The only place the coating will remain is on the edges of the rotor (near the vents) and possibly in the slots, although that will wear off very quickly as well.

Sorry, no solution. Just have to live with it...
 
Road trip!

Got Nelly ('07 Sonata, pearl white) ready for a trip.

> Two coats Black Fire Wet Diamond (18 hours apart)
> 12 hour wait after 2nd BFWD
> Two coats Black Fire Midnight Sun #24 (12 hours apart)

Hard to shot bright white - pics have gently sharpening before resizing.

Regards,
GEWB

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