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[alexw80]

Looks like I'm not getting them done this week, too much round the house to do lol

A couple of questions for when I do get time to do it.
Copper grease, yes or no? If yes then where and how much?

As for bleeding the brakes, is there a specific order in which they need to be bled?

[tunnie]

I put it on the edge of the pads, where they sit in the bracket. File down edges of pad, also dab of copper slip where the piston pushes on, same on the outside where it's pushed against the caliper. 

[alexw80]

How about the calliper slides, if they need greasing would copper be ok or something else?

[TheBoy]

How about the calliper slides, if they need greasing would copper be ok or something else?

I use normal high temp grease on them if they need doing. Castrol LM, for eg.

[hotel21]

As for order of which wheel first, I always start at the furthest from the master cylinder then work my way through to the nearest. 

[alexw80]

Thanks for the advice Hotel21 and TheBoy, much appreciated 

[Andy B]

As for order of which wheel first, I always start at the furthest from the master cylinder then work my way through to the nearest. 

but Mr Haynes advises two sequences depending on age (of the car  ) ie 3 or 4 channel system. No idea what difference it makes in the real world though 

[hotel21]

Not looked Andy, to be honest. I'm old fashioned in so many ways that I just do as I have alwaYs done, hence furthest to closest. And I do a slow pedal press whilst bleeding each branch. Kinda turns a one person eezibleed into a two person, but, hey ho. 

[Andy B]

Not looked Andy, to be honest. I'm old fashioned in so many ways that I just do as I have alwaYs done, hence furthest to closest. And I do a slow pedal press whilst bleeding each branch. Kinda turns a one person eezibleed into a two person, but, hey ho. 

your sequence & method is the tried & tested method that we all learned.