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dutchness Started a new thread Painting/coating magnesium HRC crankcase cover

10/19/2019 7:14pm
Hey guys, I recently purchased this HRC clutch cover for a Honda CR250 project I'm doing. The original coating is weared out and I want to blast it with water or a fine media on a low pressure and then paint or coat it again. My question is if anyone has experience with coating magnesium parts, and what coating would...
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Thanks for all the answers, I will try to find someone in Europe to do a dow 9 coating, just like it was ment to. Thank you Newmann for warning me about automotive paint, I hadn't thought about that. @ nine1seven, please bring me in contact with your buddy, I am interested.
I won't anodize it, I knew this wasn't going to work. I've looked on the net to some coatings applied in the aerospace business but this is going to cost to much for probably a bad result. The alloy used 20 years ago is not comparable to what is being used right now. I'll have my local painter scan the...

dutchness Added a reply to Finished 1980 CR125R Elsinore restoration

3/25/2013 6:07am
Thanks for the positive reactions! I'm a 21 year old student from Holland and work on saturdays at the local Honda dealership. I bought two '80 CR125R's 1,5 years ago and started collecting NOS Honda parts from all over the world to restore one of the bikes to perfect condition. I found NOS chainroll brackets in the original color and...

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3/22/2013 10:27am
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