Did I just foc up a brake pad?

[ReflexiveBeef]

Thanks guys, I actually did manage to fix some mountain bike brakes once which met a similar fate using a combination of your suggestions - fire it up gently with a torch & then hit it with a file to take the top layer off. Turned a completely useless setup to one that squealed like a bitch to eventually biting like a mad dog, but only after after a couple of trial runs. Brake cleaner is a good shout, think I'll grab some tomorrow, douse the pad, scrub off & repeat a few times, clean the right side of the disc & give the pad a bit of abrasion to clean things up. I guess the only real worry for me is that after doing a proper job of cleaning I can't see an easy way of knowing that the right calliper is doing it's duty, other than perhaps removing the left hand calliper, locking the pistons fully in with something & taking it for a spin with the left calliper cable tied up somewhere and the right calliper doing all the braking to see if it has issues!?