| Author | Message | ||
     Kc_zombie |
What color and paint type did you use on the block? Smart looking. | ||
| Jefc73 |
looking great Chris.  | ||
| Purpony |
Looking good!!!! | ||
| Kalali |
Motor porn....Great job. | ||
| Hootowl |
I believe your isolators are on upside down. | ||
| Hootowl |
...or are they just hanging there? | ||
| K12pilot |
Thanks guys, The paint color is called cast blast, I had some left over from the GTO build. Nice stuff, & durable, I just wanted to clean the cases up a bit   | ||
| K12pilot |
isos are just "there" | ||
| K12pilot |
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| Charlies_s1 |
Looking GREAT!!!! | ||
| Purpony |
looking sweet! | ||
| Mcelhaney14 |
Looks great Chris! Nice attention to detail! | ||
| Jolly |
Great progress!!! Really looking nice! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Fantastic work. If mine turns out half that nice, I'll be tickled pink. | ||
| K12pilot |
Thanks Guys, I had a lot of help with it, still have some hurdles to jump. Stay tuned )) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
So, are these the month and date of manufacture?   | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
VHT SP998 is the color I painted my headers. Pictures don't do it justice. You picked a great color! | ||
| K12pilot |
I saw that & was wondering what you used, I figured it was jet hot coat, they look great, I ALMOST did it myself. IDK about the dates... | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
You reusing any of your hardware? If so, how are you cleaning it? | ||
| K12pilot |
I would say the hardware was the most time consuming, labor intensive part so far both on this bike & the PMX. Degreased Tumbled in HF tumbler w walnut shells & sand HOURS Wire wheel on bench grinder every nut, bolt & washer Than off for re-plating Sorting Bag & tag  Ziplock's & takeout trays are your friend ))  | ||
| Bandm |
I use wood deck brightener (Oxalic Acid) to clean and remove rust from hardware and other metal parts, not aluminum, when restoring old bicycles. It doesn't affect plating or discolor the parts. You can also get Oxalic Acid powder and mix your own if you need a large amount for big pieces. Soak degreased parts and rinse with water, usually takes a few minutes to overnight depending parts condition, experiment. A gallon of this is $10 at Menards, use undiluted.  (Message edited by bandm on February 17, 2015) | ||
| Rjn |
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| Buellrobot |
That's quite a feat! I'd be incredibly nervous about not knowing which screw/bolt/nut/washer goes back to which part of the bike, even if I got them all bagged up like that. How much sorting/segregating are you doing? How easy do you think it'll be to get each one back to its original home? | ||
| K12pilot |
I would give the acid test a try on something else, but imo nothing compares to prep & new plating. Everything looks BETTER than new. I sorted by size & type, not that hard to figure where they go, lots of pix & most older manuals have hardware descriptions in the back. | ||
| Captains1 |
I have been inspired by this thread to get off my butt and complete my S1 project that has been stagnant for the last year. Thanks K12 | ||
| K12pilot |
Get er done  | ||
| K12pilot |
lots of small hurdles competed, & last round of powder coating back, hope to have it started by the end of the week ))   Jeff's most excellent spacers        | ||
| S1owner |
Nice job looks good | ||
| Kalali |
It'll be better than new when done... | ||
| Blks1l |
Makes me envious but I have too many large projects to start one more! |
