Vapor blasting service

Thanks Scub!

 

DAmn, that is like OCD clean!

 

I'm pretty sure that's why I like doing it

 

Hoe Lee Crapinski, that is beautiful!

 

OMFG! The after pics are drool inducing! Nice work indeed. :thumbsup:

 

Thanks man!

 

So fun to see the transformation!

 

That's porn man!!!!

 

I would love to have this done to all the external metal parts of my bike and have them all clear coated. I think it would be an eyegasm!

 

Well then - It is Christmastime, and in fact you were a very fine fellow all year, weren't you. Why don't you treat yourself?

 

Did a pretty cool cross-section of work recently, fun before-and-afters to show


O & A Rearsets:





H2 cases:





CB750 cases:



Harley heads:





BMW hubs:




Miata intake:





Pretty cool, eh?

Thanks for checking it out and be in touch if I can be of service.

Nils Menten
nils@restocycle.com

 

Had an interesting project finish up this week.

In a recent haul of motorcycles I bought there was a hotrod Honda CB750K2. This bike has great bones, but it's getting some TLC to suit my own sensibilities before its off to find its 'forever home'. First up were these engine covers. Apologies in advance for the photos, the camera was freaking out over the chrome in these first few, but I think you'll get the idea. Someone along the way thought it would look swell to chrome plate the aluminum valve and side covers, and although it probably looked bitchin' for a while, the inevitable happened, the chrome started to lift and looked like crap.







But WE have Chemistry, and a local plater that doesn't mind switching the polarity on the anode and the cathode when asked to. So we de-plated them. And then they looked like pickled $h!t, truly gruesome and my dutiful plater was deeply dubious about what would happen next. But we have a vapor blaster, and a dry blast cabinet, and the desire to fix this, so we did.

After a hard trip through the dry blaster at higher than normal pressures to remove the heavy discoloration and pitting and oxide and chemistry staining, we got this. And it is not as smooth as it would have been if it were unmolested along its way, but it's looking much better.









Wanting to return these to something even closer to a factory finish, we spent less than an hour of quality time with the buffer for all 4 parts and quickly got to this:





...and I am pretty psyched. And I'd be happy to do this for you too if you find yourself in the same predicament.

 

Man, that is some engine porn!

 

Hahaha! I must say, "I agree!!"

 

More Honda goodness!

Got an entire Honda CB 550 engine in a couple of weeks ago, some disassembly required (which is no problem):

Removing the valves from the head.



Before:





Cases after cleaning, bolted and plugged up, ready for further processing:



Yes, these get masked before processing...



...like so:



Ewwwww








Ahhhh














N.

 

Very tasty!

 

OK, time for an update - we have been busy on a number of projects, having fun too.

Did a fun project for a customer with holed XR600 cases: He bought a used set of good cases, had them shipped directly to us and we vapor blasted them and sent them along to him. He was pretty psyched.







Helped a local customer with his cafe build - pulled his engine from his bike, soda blasted it, painted it, vapor blasted the valve and sidecovers, put it back in the bike. He was also pretty psyched







Have been dabbling in some automotive work - this is a throttle body and valve cover for a Miata that was dropped into a Sunbeam...





...and an intake for a Sunbeam (I think?)





These folks were (you guessed it!) PRETTY PSYCHED!

Met a very cool cat at a swap meet - an airhead guru. He sent me his transmission case in advance of a tech day he was hosting for a bunch of guys.








I confess I have fallen into deep like with American aluminum, as used by Harley Davidson. We masked these cases to preserve the Glyptal and blasted them on their exterior:





And nobody doesn't love a Honda CBX. By 1979 Honda was using some really nice quality metal and it is very much on display after vapor blasting it spotless:









Shall we have Italian? Tasty Moto Guzzi valve covers are on the menu:





Over on the other side of the shop, we are nearly finished with the restoration of another lovely little Honda CB400F:



...and we recently installed a vibratory polisher, aka a 'tumbling tank'. With this we can restore a smoother, shinier finish to sidecovers and wheel hubs and similar parts after vapor blasting that is much closer to the original finish. There's no charge for this service, at the customer's election.



Vapor blasted:



...and then tumbled:



And THAT is what's been going on lately at RestoCycle

 

Holy vapor blasting Batman, those are fantastic results!!

 

Haha! That was a good chuckle, thanks man! Much appreciated