Hi all,

I bought refurbished akebono front calipers online, new pads + rotors and I'm almost ready to go for my swap. However these came powdercoated red, I wanted to strip the powdercoating and re-paint them to match my rear calipers. I know I can't re-powdercoat them without rebuilding them which is not going to happen.

Question is: How can I keep the caliper safe while in a sandblaster, as far as the "inside" of the caliper? Basically any component that shouldn't have any blast material near it. Any recommendations would help, last thing I would want is to damage a new caliper.

Thanks!

 

Another member recently bought the same caliper set offered and just sanded them with 320 grit before re-painting.

 

Don't use sand as the blasting medium, you'll eat away aluminum. Use nut shells or glass beads.

 

Hand-sanded them? If so, I'll get started on sanding asap (can't paint for a couple days/weeks).

I was planning on using glass beads, thank you!

 

I believe so:

https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...today-429.html

Towards the bottom and carries to the next page.