Recent content by Commando73

It's been a while since we have been on the forum and thought that it would be worth checking in. We are still activity working on Vapour Blasting and have added some specialty Coatings to our bag of trick. The Coatings are high temperature thermal barriers for piston crowns, combustion...

Likely mask it the do a good cleaning after with a good flush with ACF-50.

If they are a bronze bushing style of bearing, they can remain in place. VB process does not cause any dimensional change. If they are steel ball or roller bearings, they have to come out. If the casting is heated to about 250F the bearings can easily be removed. Sometimes, they will just drop...

The process consists of the blast media (can be different media types but glass beads are typical for aluminum), water and compressed air. Vapor Blasting seems to be the most common process name likely because a company called Vapor Blast was an early mfg of the equipment to do the process but...

That part was freshly blasted (no paint). Here is a Norton Commando head out of the process. It generally leaves a nice semi-gloss finish with closed pores which is really resistant to finger prints and oil staining.

We provide vapor blasting services in Canada. Located in the Greater Toronto Area. Check out the site www.rocketperformance.ca Here is a before and after sample of a CB-450 Cylinder Head.

Just joining in :) Working on my Norton Commando 850 over the Christmas break. Next bike will be a Commando inspired cafe racer. Couldn't find anyone that could do vapor blasting so I started a business to do that, Waterjet cutting and will soon add other cool products and services. How do I...