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Cleaning Aluminium Valve Covers
My finned aluminium valve covers require a cleaning since the dull area has gotten quite dirty in a few places. Has anyone developed a method of cleaning the aluminium without hurting the high gloss ribs? I thought about blasting them with glass beads but I don't feel like having to re-polish all of the ribs afterwards.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Wayne |
I would mask off the ribs with a heavy tape. I have used a foil tape made by 3M, which can be trimmed very accurately with a razor knife. Then bead blast the valve covers.
Steve |
Plastic Media
I've done mine with plastic media... no masking required. Works great on the intake and any other cast surfaces as well.
Zderf... |
Thanks guys, I think I will give it a try. I did my intake 2 weeks ago with glass beads and it looks better than new. :LOL:
I guess the hardest part will be to properly tape the ribs. Wayne |
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