Brake fluid damage to frame paint

[Randy Harris]

Yo Healey doods...

Thanks to a totally incompetent and careless mechanic's assistant, it appears that I have experienced a spill of brake fluid. Since the fluid landed on the frame rails below the line of sight from above, I did not notice this spill for several months. The reservoir can does not leak btw, nor are there any leaks in the lines. Anyway, I was under the car yesterday and found a substantial area of damaged paint, mostly limited to the frame rails - it's bubbled and peeling. It's in an area directly below the master cylinder - which is new and not leaking.

Question: what is the best product to thoroughly clean up this mess and prepare the frame rails for repainting? Any tricks? Surely I can't be the only one that has experienced leaking brake fluid.

Thanks
Randy

 

[Healeysince59]

I usually clean up brake fluid with alcohol. Follow with a grease and wax remover (Prep-Sol or equiv) then ready for sand/clean/prime/paint etc. The key to complete removal of contaminants is to wet/wipe the area with a solvent soaked rag then wipe it dry with a clean dry rag. Don't leave the contaminated solvent on the surface to dry.

Marv J