bill3337
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First I'll say I work in my home double garage. One side is converted to spray booth, the other for fabrication and storing the body etc.
Because the body is in the other side, I decided to assemble the chassis on the booth side after it was painted. The chassis is complete now and I wanted to finish off the brakes and bleed them out before moving the chassis out. Although I know all the dangers of silicones (polishes, armour all, tire shine and all the familiar products), it never dawned on me that the brake fluid I was using is Dot 5....silicone. Of course I spilled some when bleeding and it got on the floor. The floor is covered with a fluid protective covering, so I can remove that and replace it, but am worried about cleaning all the other surfaces of air borne silicone. I am where I am and won't be painting anything for about 5 weeks or so and I'll leave the exhaust fans on for a week or so when I'm finished cleaning, but what is the best cleaner to use to wipe everything down? I was intending to use brake cleaner, but is there something better? Thanks, Bill
Because the body is in the other side, I decided to assemble the chassis on the booth side after it was painted. The chassis is complete now and I wanted to finish off the brakes and bleed them out before moving the chassis out. Although I know all the dangers of silicones (polishes, armour all, tire shine and all the familiar products), it never dawned on me that the brake fluid I was using is Dot 5....silicone. Of course I spilled some when bleeding and it got on the floor. The floor is covered with a fluid protective covering, so I can remove that and replace it, but am worried about cleaning all the other surfaces of air borne silicone. I am where I am and won't be painting anything for about 5 weeks or so and I'll leave the exhaust fans on for a week or so when I'm finished cleaning, but what is the best cleaner to use to wipe everything down? I was intending to use brake cleaner, but is there something better? Thanks, Bill