Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

What? No pics? I'm so very dissapointed Josh!
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Sorry boss, I'm stuck at work. It was late last night when I got home with the thing. All I could do was assemble it, throw in the sand, and try it out on one part. I have to get in bed early during the week. The alarm clock rings at 4:30 am. I promise some before and after pics. I might need some less aggressive media for the aluminium parts. I bought the black sand stuff last night. It stripped off 32 years of rust and paint instantly from that little steel bracket.

it must be common for the aftermarket sprockets . i just put blue locktight on it and hit it with an impact gun. no problems yet. i ran it for 2 years. i just took it off to go 530.

That black silicon dioxide is a very aggressive industrial abrasive. Thats the crap that's spec'd out when we need concrete etched down for coating, cold joints, ect... Like you said, you may want to try something less aggressive for any aluminum parts, like glass beads. BTW, I'm jest bustin' yur chops on the pics

I use recycled glass, works well. I still wear a mask obviously, but its not all that dangerous. It doesn't leave a shiny surface like beads, but its great if you're painting afterwards.

Recycled glass as in "oops, I broke a window, might as well break it up better and run it through the blaster" or do you get it from another source TDub?

Haha they sell bags of 60 grit recycled glass at Princess Auto. Kind of like Harbour Freight for Canadians. Only costs $10 a 50lb bag, its good stuff.

So instead of glass balls, it's just glass chunks then? I could see how that would provide a duller finish, but be more aggressive than the beads.

Yeah, just ground up glass. It's aggressive, but not too bad. It strips off paint easily and leaves a great finish for painting. I use it because its 1/5 the cost of the better abrasives and it does nearly as good of a job.

PS - Sorry for starting this tangent Josh.

Yeah, blame me for asking the questions Josh

porchev914 wrote:

Yeah, blame me for asking the questions Josh

Since you boys have spent your evening talking about glass balls and unusually large nuts, I got in a little work and a Cub Scout meeting. First a picture of the new toy.



And the inside.



Now for some before and after shots.









Finally a question. Does anyone have any advice on removing the last specks of chrome still attached to the cam cover? The super-agressive black sand removed most of what was left, but the stuff that is still attached is really stuck. I see some glass beads, or balls or shards in my future. Can I just kill a couple of six packs of Fat Tire and break those bottles with a hammer? Just Kidding!

The Fat Tire bottles would be perfect! The darker glass adds molybdenum which would lubricate that last little bit of chrome. It should fly right off! I recommend the Nuclear Precision line of Fat Tire bottles, gradation and weight are, as always, to the nearest nanometer. I believe the only place to aquire those bottles are my fridge