Well, I think I'm getting ready for assembly on this 3810:
As you may remember from Part 7, I wasn't too happy about the finish of the main body as it seemed to come too dull with just an acid dip, then beadblasting, SP degreaser and into the dichromate pot. So I used the same method I used on the fuel bowls, with some variation to shine it up a little before it got dichromated.
Here's the variant tool which I call my burnishing tool:
Yep, just a piece of syntethic steel wool (0000) with a piece of fence wire in a drill. Great to get into the barrels and into the little crevices as a finishing touch. However most of the heavy shining work was done with the blue nylon wheels you see in the background.
After the acid dip, neutralize, dry off, then hit it with the nylon wheel to get the heavy crude off. Then beadblast:
Then work it with the nylon wheel, and finally the burnishing tool to bring it to a nice shiny finish, such as this:
The throwaway screws I put in the main body are there just there to protect the threads during the acid dip, beadblasting and coloring.
See the next post for continuance.
As you may remember from Part 7, I wasn't too happy about the finish of the main body as it seemed to come too dull with just an acid dip, then beadblasting, SP degreaser and into the dichromate pot. So I used the same method I used on the fuel bowls, with some variation to shine it up a little before it got dichromated.
Here's the variant tool which I call my burnishing tool:
Yep, just a piece of syntethic steel wool (0000) with a piece of fence wire in a drill. Great to get into the barrels and into the little crevices as a finishing touch. However most of the heavy shining work was done with the blue nylon wheels you see in the background.
After the acid dip, neutralize, dry off, then hit it with the nylon wheel to get the heavy crude off. Then beadblast:
Then work it with the nylon wheel, and finally the burnishing tool to bring it to a nice shiny finish, such as this:
The throwaway screws I put in the main body are there just there to protect the threads during the acid dip, beadblasting and coloring.
See the next post for continuance.
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