Sand blasting

[europeanme]

lol, that is Jamo's old rocker cover from the ABY engine he sold me.

you could have still done something about that....bad lad!!....

[Jamo]

for the record, Dan & Jamo, your both guilty of that finish...you could have changed it....so shame on you both...

I did I changed the cam cover and put the original one back on when I sold the engine not guility!

[Jamo]

Come on, you love the bling

Yeah i've got no come back to that really have I

[europeanme]

for the record, Dan & Jamo, your both guilty of that finish...you could have changed it....so shame on you both...

[prj]

Chrome finish nothing to do with me was done by the previous owner tekkno435 who used to sell chrome part finishing

Come on, you love the bling

[Jamo]

Chrome finish nothing to do with me was done by the previous owner tekkno435 who used to sell chrome part finishing

[Quattro Dan.]

baking powder....how did someone stumble across that great idea...must have been some strong stuff being passed around the garage that night!!....

I'm having my rocker cover blasted as the current surface "treatment" is not the best.....flaky chrome plating!....

lol, that is Jamo's old rocker cover from the ABY engine he sold me.

[Tonks4x4]

May I ask what kit you use for aqua blasting? And what psi it runs at?

[Wizard-of-OD]

JP aqua blasts them I think, he did my cam cover looked a great job

This!
I am surprised no one has mentioned Aqua blasting!
Sand Blasting is a no no and Media blasting with baking soda or wallnut shells produces OK results. We aqua blast all of our aluminum and it comes back like new from factory. Very few people offer this service globally and 90% of the guys that actually do are in the UK!

[Jamo]

JP aqua blasts them I think, he did my cam cover looked a great job

[andy10v]

There are a fiar few threads on Honda forums about engines killed by sand blasted cam covers with sand left in them (they are rather fond of painting them).

I would vapour or soda blast.

What does JP do?

[UUUdirs2newcastle]

Left Over Media!

Soda blasting is Ace!!!
It does take a little longer as its not as harsh.
When blasting car panels you can even take off just one layer of paint at a time.
I learnt my lesson the hard way, do it outside

Also when finished just submerge your clean part in water and it dissolves any left over media!!!!!

Speaking of left over media! I finally fitted the PZero NERO 35 Profiles i bought off you 3 years ago! (They look the ****!) Thanks dude! :-)

[newsh]

Genius!

[Tonks4x4]

Soda blasting is Ace!!!
It does take a little longer as its not as harsh.
When blasting car panels you can even take off just one layer of paint at a time.
I learnt my lesson the hard way, do it outside

Also when finished just submerge your clean part in water and it dissolves any left over media!!!!!

[Rikki Kitto]

I've got access to a really high pressure air line, could blow the left over bits out I'm sure