Motor Finish

MaxPower
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Edited Date/Time 3/11/2018 9:00pm
Restoring a XR75. When I did my KX I just stripped and soda blasted the cases and I was happy
For the Xr I'm thinking I need to do something different to get a factory finish
Same with the hubs and backing plates too. What do I want? Vapor blast? Or just sand blast it? Its going to be a rider not a dust collector but I would like to shoot for factory finish as possible
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wertman194
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wertman194 2/24/2018 3:25am
2/24/2018 3:25am
We used to have a wheat starch blaster that would leave a perfect finish. These are pretty rare, but I do believe the more popular soda blaster would leave pretty much the same finish.
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sandman768 2/25/2018 12:03pm
2/25/2018 12:03pm
Vapor blast seems to be the best outcome....There are a few guys offering this service on some of the vintage face book pages...vintage full floater Facebook I think. I have been pretty satisfied with my harbour freight soda blaster but it's a pita....If I Had someone local to vapor blast I would use them for certain parts...
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40 3/11/2018 6:52am
3/11/2018 6:52am
sandman768 wrote:
Vapor blast seems to be the best outcome....There are a few guys offering this service on some of the vintage face book pages...vintage full floater Facebook...
Vapor blast seems to be the best outcome....There are a few guys offering this service on some of the vintage face book pages...vintage full floater Facebook I think. I have been pretty satisfied with my harbour freight soda blaster but it's a pita....If I Had someone local to vapor blast I would use them for certain parts...

http://noreasterblastworx.com/

This guy is only about a 2 hour drive from your house.
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swatdoc 3/11/2018 9:00pm
3/11/2018 9:00pm
Totally grunged out 40 year old XR500 cases, cylinder, and head after vapor blasting

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