[skyking]

Originally Posted by Xist

Everyone says to use a turkey baster to de-baste as much brake fluid as possible before replacing pads, but that was wholly inadequate for me. When a friend said that he was going to replace pads for the first time on his own I recommended de-basting more frequently.

Would you say after compressing each caliper?

Can we agree on checking your brakes before entering traffic?

you should never have to remove fluid, as you should also not be adding it to keep it at the full line as the brakes wear. That lower line is there for a reason, don't fret till it gets there. I have not had a car ever "get there" that did not have a leak.
A complete flushing now and then is a good thing.