blasting do's and dont's
11-13-2004, 08:03 PM
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blasting do's and dont's
two questions...
can you bead blast webers? Im rebuiling them and wanted to know if i could get away from the parts cleaner, tooth brushes, and que tips? lol
can you get the fuchs (sorry if i killed the spelling) media, bead, sand blasted, etc blasted before painting and polishing for a restoration?
thanks a lot
chris
can you bead blast webers? Im rebuiling them and wanted to know if i could get away from the parts cleaner, tooth brushes, and que tips? lol
can you get the fuchs (sorry if i killed the spelling) media, bead, sand blasted, etc blasted before painting and polishing for a restoration?
thanks a lot
chris
11-13-2004, 08:31 PM
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Chris:
Don't bead blast carburetors.
You get that media in all those tiny passages that will never get clean. Its a great way to ruin a carburetor,.....
Thats what carburetor cleaner is intended for and dry, compressed air. That and some patience always does the job. There are no shortcuts for doing this job correctly.
I would not bead blast a wheel either. Use paint stripper and then contact someone who does wheel polishing about how they want them prepped.
Leave bead blasting for rust and dirt removal on non-critical parts.
Don't bead blast carburetors.
You get that media in all those tiny passages that will never get clean. Its a great way to ruin a carburetor,.....
Thats what carburetor cleaner is intended for and dry, compressed air. That and some patience always does the job. There are no shortcuts for doing this job correctly.
I would not bead blast a wheel either. Use paint stripper and then contact someone who does wheel polishing about how they want them prepped.
Leave bead blasting for rust and dirt removal on non-critical parts.
11-15-2004, 02:13 AM
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Relative to the wheels, call Al Reed Polshing in Anaheim, Ca. As far as I am concerned (and a LOT of guys here on the web) there is no better polisher than Al.
