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> Vapor blasting
mepstein
post Sep 7 2016, 11:22 AM
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I originally started using this for my aluminum motorcycle parts but when my boss saw a 3.2 intake he asked me to send out some pieces from the shop. We just got back two 67S sand cast aluminum cases. They aren't painted but they almost look that way. The vapor blast is a pressurized wet mixture of micro glass bead, water and soap. Done in a big tank. It polishes the metal vs leaving a rough finish like regular glass bead. It's also safe for internal engine areas. No residue. The guy I send the parts to is $60/hour and the exterior of the engine case took 2.5 hours. Intakes were 1 hour for the pair. My 40 year old motorcycle parts look like new. (Except for bigger scratches).


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mepstein   Vapor blasting   Sep 7 2016, 11:22 AM
rhodyguy   Those turned out really nice! Do you have to c...   Sep 7 2016, 12:57 PM
mepstein   Those turned out really nice! Do you have to ...   Sep 7 2016, 01:22 PM
Tom_T   Looks like a good answer for our aluminum fan shro...   Sep 7 2016, 03:57 PM
Mark Henry   Looks like a good answer for our aluminum fan shr...   Sep 8 2016, 12:51 PM
Mueller   Parts look great....I don't like the name...   Sep 7 2016, 07:03 PM
mepstein   Parts look great....I don't like the name...   Sep 7 2016, 07:08 PM
Gint   [quote name='Mueller' post='2395309' date='Sep 7 2...   Nov 21 2020, 09:35 AM
r_towle   I wonder if my car would fit   Sep 7 2016, 07:14 PM
rjames   I wonder if my car would fit :rotfl:   May 30 2019, 10:19 PM
mepstein   Here's some of the drum brake parts I sent and...   Sep 7 2016, 07:30 PM
JmuRiz   Hit it (mag parts) with some gibbs and you should ...   Sep 8 2016, 01:34 PM
mepstein   Hit it (mag parts) with some gibbs and you should...   Sep 8 2016, 01:39 PM
914dave   Mark, The intakes look great! What are you co...   Sep 9 2016, 10:39 AM
mepstein   Mark, The intakes look great! What are you c...   Sep 9 2016, 11:11 AM
mepstein   I just started working on my second motorcycle reb...   May 30 2019, 01:13 PM
mepstein   It came out of the tank clean but ugly. :(   May 30 2019, 01:14 PM
Nacho   It came out of the tank clean but ugly. :( I...   May 30 2019, 04:20 PM
mepstein   It came out of the tank clean but ugly. :( I...   May 30 2019, 05:01 PM
mepstein   The vapor blast machine was just serviced so 5 min...   May 30 2019, 01:15 PM
mepstein   @bbrock - ready for your carbs :D   May 30 2019, 01:18 PM
bbrock   [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s...   May 30 2019, 01:54 PM
gandalf_025   There is a gentleman on the international CBX Web ...   May 30 2019, 04:59 PM
jkb944t   Thanks for sharing! :) Jeff B   May 31 2019, 11:09 AM
mepstein   :)   Nov 21 2020, 11:26 AM
JOEPROPER   :) That looks Awesome!!! :beer2:   Nov 21 2020, 11:35 AM
MM1   :) Beautiful Moto Morini! @mepstein - ple...   Nov 22 2020, 10:03 PM
mepstein   [quote name='mepstein' post='2868286' date='Nov 2...   Nov 22 2020, 10:28 PM
mepstein   It’s started out like this   Nov 21 2020, 11:44 AM
Gint   That's phenomenal! Thanks for posting thi...   Nov 21 2020, 11:47 AM
raynekat   Yes, super info on getting parts cleaned up and lo...   Nov 22 2020, 05:25 PM
mepstein   Brent’s carbs. I had to go easy because I didnâ€...   Nov 22 2020, 08:10 PM
bbrock   Can't tell you how grateful I am that you brou...   Nov 22 2020, 10:54 PM


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