i was just wondering what type of media you would use to clean off aluminum?

 

we used to use silica spheres for our bead blaster . basically fine white sand , there a many grades of sand any fine stuff should be fine . you could also hold the job further away . i have also herd of people using bicarb soda .

 

Soda takes forever, it's slow. Glass bead man, blast away.

 

yes what polara says, glas beads, but, remember, blow the hell out the intake runners with a power washer wand before you install it on the motor to get all the sand out or its good bye cyl, walls ,adn bearings. when you wash it out just blow it out with air then and let it set a few days to fully dry.

 

actually its for the outside of a motorcycle engine that was painted. im building a new lawnmower since my old one got crushed when the garage caved in. honda cb750 inline 4cly in an old craftsman lawn tractor with a yzf450 rear end. the fastest i had the last one was about 90 and would pull wheelies through 3 gears. good news is i can still use my racing quad asphalt tires i had on the old one.

 

...plastic media??... Supposed to be very gentle.
your garage caved in... [you mean 'craved in' right?]
... so how much do you charge to mow? ..{let me guess, nothing, as long as its a quarter mile long...} hehe haha

 

i want to bring it to a track and race it when i get it done. that was my plan on this last one. still needed to put wheelie bars on it and modify the shifter linkage a bit. had a suicide shift, clutch pedal on the left side then the brake and gas on the right. except it only had rear brakes on it. havent figured out how to do the front ones. may just go with a cheap small dragster parachute.

 

that is crazy dude!

 

yeah white trash ideas are the best. also have a weed eater i put a small propeller on for my canoe.

 

haha
white trash
lol

 

well i dont know if i qualify as white trash. i think my iq is to high and now we have a house instead of the trailer. too bad we couldn't tow the trailer to the house instead of getting a moving truck. i told my dad it would be easier but he wouldnt let me he said my tractor isnt safe enough.

 

that part might qualify you

 

i qualify as a redneck but not quite white trash. i have all of my teeth and the correct amount of toes and if my porch collapses it wont kill 3 or more dogs. oh and the tractor has a habit of popping out of gear. i had to make brackets on the shifter and put a pin through it when i put it in gear so it doesnt pop out.

 

i want to see a video of this crazy f@#king mower .....

 

when its completed it will be on youtube

 

im looking into a different motor though. may find a junked rocket with a 600. the 750 only puts out about 60 hp and its hard to find parts for. found a wrecked ninja with a 85 hp motor but if i can find a zx10 or something like that i can have about 140 or 160

 

haha