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Re: Cylinder head bolts
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:43 pm
by Martin Benade
I saw some videos of it, seemed to go pretty slowly. I believe it may be extremely fine abrasive particles in a liquid or vapor. I have no idea if it can leave bad stuff inside, but it sure looks nice.
Re: Cylinder head bolts
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:50 am
by Ron LaDow
From Richard's link, 'vapor blasting' certainly does contain (undefined) 'abrasives'.
From old fart memory, Ted at German Precision used walnut-shell blasting 'abrasive', which I guess could still cause damage to a lead-surfaced bearing, but not much else.
Re: Cylinder head bolts
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:30 pm
by Steve Hatfield
I’ve had good luck with soda blasting at my local swarf shop.
Take a look: