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wow I didn't think walmart would have anything. I HATE that store....But the ace hardware closed down around here or went out of buisness or something. I don't know why...Maybe necause of walmart.

 

Well They are looking pretty good after tonight, almost done with the ruff paper, maybe I'll take a pic soon. After the 400 grit it almsot seems like I may as well polish them, but I still think im going to paint them metalcast red to do something a little different...I think it will be a challenge to paint something with so many grooves with a spray can, but hopefully a bunch of this light coats and it will come out pretty cool.

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wow I didn't think walmart would have anything. I HATE that store....But the ace hardware closed down around here or went out of buisness or something.  I don't know why...Maybe necause of walmart.

 

Well They are looking pretty good after tonight, almost done with the ruff paper, maybe I'll take a pic soon.  After the 400 grit it almsot seems like I may as well polish them, but I still think im going to paint them metalcast red to do something a little different...I think it will be a challenge to paint something with so many grooves with a spray can, but hopefully a bunch of this light coats and it will come out pretty cool.

After the 400, if you polish, look forward to the 600, then 800, then 1000, then 1200, and finish sanding with 2000. Then hit the wheels and felt bobs..... I use wheels and felt bobs with silica sand, then greaseless compounds, then rouges to polish them. This is way faster. You will also need to dremel the casting flash and marks off. If you're looking for prep tools, check out caswellplating.com

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I'll probably go to 600 then stop, maybe 400 in the less noticable areas no since in polishing jsut to paint them, we will see after I get some dremel bits at walmart tonight, I hope they have the rioght ones.

 

I'm going to make them look as good as possible untill my head comes in, then ill paint them and let them sit a few days before I Install

 

How many cans of metalcast do you think the cylinders will take? I only have about 1/2 a can left, should I pickup another?

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I would pick up another can...I don't think half a can would do you justice for all the sanding you're doing...I'd wanna put at least a couple of coats on there. I'm glad I read this post, I never would have figured you could use that metal cast paint for the jugs!!! HMMMMMMMMM Please post some pics when you're done Justintoxicated...I'm very interested in seeing the final product!! Good Luck! :)

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sure thing Big Boy, Damn fricking walmart was all outa the good polishing bits (and the other item I went to buy a C cell maglight they don't sell, even their choice of candy sucks these days!), I went to harbor freight and there were $5 more than walmart, but I did buy a generic set from them for $5 less than the one at walmart. Unfortunately the stones are the same ones I already had, the only thing I could use out of their set is the polishing compound. Do I even need this stuff?

 

My dremel came with tons of the polishing felt pads, but no compound WTF! Is the $9 kit worth it just for the compound?

 

What is a Dressing stone for?

 

I did find some REALLY soft and smooth stones my dad had stored away in the garadge, they wear out EXTREAMLY fast but leave the surface nice and shiny I have 1 left...I have no clue where to get more of these things its a weird shape (sphere) but it wears down so damn fast I can shape the stone as

I work...!

 

Wasted tons of gas driving all around though...

 

WALMART sucks!

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Hey what do you gujys think? Is this one almost ready for paint? I still have a long ways to go on the other one..

 

The one pictured is about 30-50% done with the 400 grit. Theres still some ruff places but its hard to get them all with jsut sand paper and a dremel. So ill probably leave them there and jsut work on shining it up the rest of the way.

 

Need some opinions here...

 

School is really picking up and I need to get this done soon.

 

cylinders400g1.jpg

 

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I plan to sand them down to 600 grit so it still has a way to go, hopefully Ill get to painting this weekend..thats my goal...

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yea dude that looks good I would say that ones ready for paint, but I would say that your really close to just polishing them, and after seeing meat_heads post I'm having a hard time figureing out if I wanna polish mine or paint them, But its all your choice, keep us updated, Jonathan

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well Im definately not going to polish them. I don't havwe a buffer wheel, and I don't really understand how to use the dremel to polish either..

 

Still have to do the other cylinder too it's only on 80 grit...I figure I can always polish them later and some of the work will already be done if i strip the paint again, I don't want to wast all riding season on the cylinders lol.

 

Yea meat_head's was sweet, But I don't see how he gets those exceptional results, have already spent many hours on these and im not getting anywhere!

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Well im done painting them, But ill have to wait till tomarrow before I remove the masking tape and take pictures :)

 

They look pretty sweet and match my Red NOSS head nearly perfect! The real question will be how the paint holds up.

 

It says it is gas and oil resistant I believe, and is even made for painting oil cans exhaust headers etc, so it sounds like pretty good stuff.

 

I think the amount of sanding I did was about right, but if you want to take it to another level, more power to ya...I quit sanding because my hands hurt and my finger joints were locking up :(

 

Here is a picture of the cylinders all masked.

 

I first washed them in soapy watter (tidy cats litter bucket lol), rinsed them off with the hose, dried them quickly and sprayed a few shots of WD 40's into the inside of the cylinders sleeves to protect them from rust. Then I bunched up paper towels sprayed a couple shots of WD on them and stuffed them into the cylinders to absorb any left over water hiding in the ports.

 

here is a shot after I finished masking them off

 

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Got a great picture tomarrow for you guys....

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