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      08-12-2012, 04:06 PM   #9
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Burnishing

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Originally Posted by LateBraking
You can always use a rotor hone. The bit attaches to any cordless hand drill and you just use it on your rotor. Some motorcycle guys I talked to just used a scotch-brite pad and some alcohol, or something.
I believe that is called burnishing, where a softer metal is used to clean a harder metal (steel rotors in this case). I have that exact tool, purchased from McMaster-Carr it works great at removing pad deposits (often thought to be warped rotors).
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