[RaYzerman]

Thanks!!

 

[RaYzerman]

Asking for a friend, what treatment did you do on the wheel hubs? Look like polished.... any coating? Did you use stainless spokes, chrome or cad plated?
Honda Cloud Silver (Duplicolor DE1615) for the engine?

 

[RaYzerman]

Bwaaaaahhaaa, some curing room.
(you didn't ask permission from her to use the oven???)

 

[RaYzerman]

Not my favourite thing.... I took some aluminum parts to a local bead blaster guy.... he dry blasts with sand first, if you're going to paint. Very uniform. If you want smoother, he glass bead blasts. Has a couple of grits of glass, finer if you want to polish after. However, still have to hand sand before polishing. I took my forks and simply sanded them myself to get the old clearcoat off.
Have you heard of laser cleaning? I just found out about this yesterday.... of interest anyway..... better for cleaning engine fins, etc.

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[RaYzerman]

Could very well be..... on the SOHC 4's the whole engine block, barrels and valve covers were painted. The side covers were somewhat polished and clearcoated, which eventually deteriorated (got less glossy, darkened, might get streaky).

 

[RaYzerman]

Not sure if it applied to all, but I think the proper colour is Honda Cloud Silver for engine paint. You can buy it, and Duplicolour DE 1615 is a match. My info from the guys at SOHC4.net

 

[RaYzerman]

I have watched a couple videos of lacing wheels which simplifies it. I dunno about the art and science, didn't seem too bad to me... I have an upcoming project, lol.......

 

[RaYzerman]

If rusty piston, I presume that's a cast iron sleeve?