Can you sandblast pistons

Likes: 0. Results 1 to 12 of Thread: bead blasting pistons. Do you blast the ring lands as well or cover them? Thanks in advance David. When I do pistons I use a Ceramic grade glass media it does no more than polish and clean.

I got it a couple of years ago and its green. I change media for several jobs I do.. I have them in 5 gallon pales and when I get ready to use an aggressive grit I just dump the whole blaster and add the grit I choose for the job. I use NO other abrasives other than glass , but 3 different grades of glass Hope that helped.. Jay JSRE. Joseph, Mich. Get the finest grade of glass beads. That will clean the pistons without damaging ring grooves. Ya need to clean the ring grooves if the pistons have much time on them at all.

Originally Posted by RichS. There are a couple of other benefits to bead blasting. OK, that's it. Answer would be yes. BUT, as with all blasting done to motorcycle parts the masking and cleanup are very important. Pieces of abrasive sand in an oil way?

Or worse still blocking a small drilling? Is it really worth it? Get a container of parts cleaner and let them soak overnight then scrub with a brush. Any auto parts store has just what you need. But yes, it is okay to blast just the top, do make sure to mask well and clean well. One single grain of blast media will score your piston and cylinder. Mortikan Coast to Coast. I have heard many people having it done with success I don't know who specifically or how much but could be worth looking into.

I hear blasting with walnut shells works quite well, too. Swapmeet Louie Put some metal in yer eye It's all media Sand, silica, walnut shells, dry ice etc. And very true, sand will eat that piston for lunch. Good ol' fashioned elbow grease is the best way. Click to expand I think i would go the part cleaner method suggested. I use a bench grinder mounted wire wheel for cleaning up valves.

Quick, simple, effective, no chemicals, no mess well, not much :. I use the grinder with a wire brush attachment for my piston tops and valves also. You can finish them off by polishing with metal polish and "00" steel wool. Is it safe to blast them with silica sand? I wouldn't!! My recommendation would be to clean them in "carburetor dip", that nasty brown cleaning stuff used to clean, well, carburetors!

They might not even charge ya for letting them soak in there for a while, who knows. Where you at in Iowa? I've got bucket of the carb cleaner that I soak parts in Carb cleaner does work very well, and doesn't remove any material or rough up the finish. Scrape off what you can first and then soak each one overnight, the carbon will come right off. A gallon can will be big enough for most pistons until you get to the big stuff.