Spit and polish
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:30 pmAfter a bit of cleaning and rebuild pleased with these
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:30 pmRe: Spit and polish
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:32 pmVery nice, I need to do the same. Ultrasonic cleaner?
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:40 pmVapour blasted?
I was paranoid about getting the beads inside so i had mine Soda blasted then Ultrasonic cleaned, i didn't get the semi gloss look of Vapour blasting but still looked like new.
I was paranoid about getting the beads inside so i had mine Soda blasted then Ultrasonic cleaned, i didn't get the semi gloss look of Vapour blasting but still looked like new.
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:09 pmLook great. I've never seen those kind of top cover fixings on a Weber before.
Regards
Richard
Regards
Richard
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:41 amFixings just temporary while waiting for correct ones
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:45 amWhat a transformation, good job, well done. 
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:05 amLooks really clean. May I know the steps you did to make them look good again.
Re: Spit and polish
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:14 pmThe carbs underwent a complete strip down , the bodies tops etc were then cleaned in decarboniser then taken for vapour blasting. All mild steel items were bead blasted and zinc coated , the jets etc were ultrasonic cl leaned , shaft checked for straightness then all reffitted with new bearings and gaskets etc . The pictures show temporary top screws , waiting for originals to come back from platers I was quoted ?39 for complete new set thanks but no thanks