Brake rotors and long term preservation

[Sunnysidebb]

I recon I can officially state my car is a registered "Garage Queen" . Seven years back when i joined this forum I would never had admitted to that.
I find one of the problems with not driving the car enough are Brake Rotor corrosion. No matter how much I thrash around our car park its never enough. With the cost of AP rotors it galls me to see heavier and heavier corrosion appear almost over night. So the question is : What do you do to preserve you Rotors / Discs without taking them off ?

[OOO]

You can paint them and avoid rust on non brakeing area.
The breaking area / where the pads touch the rotor / will be rusty always if you don't use the car. Every time you take it for a drive the rust on the brakeing area will dissapear.

[Cochyn]

I buy a large can of high temp aerosol off eBay and cake the inner rotors, in the grooves and behind points the bell mounts. Not the face itself obviously. Does the job perfectly, but will need doing annually.

[1TJH]

Is the car stored outside then?, badly corroded discs from indoor storage might suggest you need to re think where your storing it?.
If not carcoon used to sell an aerosol called csp fluid specifically for that kind of thing. May be worth a look.

[Sunnysidebb]

its kept in what I term the mini barn. Basically 40ft long wooden structure with sides roof and doors but ventilation that allows air to blow through. The discs start off with the usual brown flash rust but sometimes it dosnt get run for 12 months at a time so they generally deteriorate. i realise there's not much to be done about it but its good fun and interesting to hear from forum member if they have issues as well

[twin turbo]

Grease them in less wear too

Never tought about IT, but maybe a way to do IT...

Only way i can think of including work... That is remove pads, and oil rotors with "storage" oil/Grease, but then you need to clean them 100% before putting pads back...

[1TJH]

its kept in what I term the mini barn. Basically 40ft long wooden structure with sides roof and doors but ventilation that allows air to blow through. The discs start off with the usual brown flash rust but sometimes it dosnt get run for 12 months at a time so they generally deteriorate. i realise there's not much to be done about it but its good fun and interesting to hear from forum member if they have issues as well

I'd say look into what you can do with the storage area a bit more then personally, I honestly wouldn't want to store a car somewhere where the discs rust.

If you want a mini project☺, Maybe build/section an area within the barn and run two opposing fans within it to keep the air moving constantly?.

[Sunnysidebb]

relative humidity here is very high. I have to use a chilled water air condenser when spraying. The Barn has plenty of air as the back of it is not solid is made from slatted 2x1 planks overlapping double skinned. Even with the door closed there is always a breeze in side. It wouldn't be a prob if I actually drove it a few times a yea.I read once that the quality of discs has changed a few years back. The brake pad material was changed to a more environmentally green substance. it made them harder so to compensate the iron content in the disc was increased to make them softer and hence they rust quicker?

[1TJH]

First time I've heard that!. Carcoon or cairoport then☺

[Dave]

If it's laid up and not going to get used for a long length of time then I'd do as TT says and grease them. Take the pads out first though.

[Sunnysidebb]

If it's laid up and not going to get used for a long length of time then I'd do as TT says and grease them. Take the pads out first though.

Wouldn't it be great if you could buy a preservation spray that seals the metal form moisture for eg WD40 etc, etc but could be washed off wit a high pressure washer and wouldn't damage the pads. I bet there must be some thing out there.

[Dave]

There's bound to be