Carbon re-sealing braking surface

wheelsmalc
wheelsmalc Posts: 2
edited February 2013 in Workshop
Hi all,

I was wondering if it was possible to reseal the braking area on my carbon rims? I got caught out in some pretty foul weather (started lovely)!!, i ended up riding over some very damaged roads, with extremely dirty road sufaces and its seemed to have rubbed the braking rims protecive covering off slightly :oops:

I do use the correct brake blocks for the rims.

Any remedies could and would save me a small fortune, all this was caused by builders not washing the roads down after work!

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    No point, the brake track is sacrificial and putting some lacquer on there will make braking worse, before it wears-off (again)
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,413
    ^^^ this

    just wash any residual dirt off the rims and make sure the pads aren't still contaminated with grit/whatever
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • rpd_steve
    rpd_steve Posts: 361
    As above, you should only have bare carbon on the brake track - there should not have been any clear coat on there. CFRP brake pads are made to run on the carbon surface.

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