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My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
Laverda Dave:
Having dropped the engine cases in for vapour blasting last Friday I took the frame and various brackets to Mircoblast in Windsor on Monday for blasting and powder coating. They are going to coat the rear sprocket chain guard in a dark olive colour.
It is surprising how many parts there are that need powder coating, you tend to think of a frame, swing arm and a couple of stands but my blasting list added up to 34 parts!
I have used Microblast for the previous 20 years, always great quality work, never any runs, they protect the threads (although I normally do this before I take the parts in using old bolts etc) and they only blast the parts on the day they are going to powder coat and bake them to prevent any potential corrosion. They operate a 4 week turnaround. I found out on Monday they now also offer Cerakote so I’ll be taking the exhaust collars in for coating in a silver/chrome finish.
Whilst all the parts are away I’m getting on with other jobs, the forks are stripped and I began cleaning up the parts to inspect. One bit of confusion is the fork springs. According to Mr Haynes the close coiled springs sit at the top, well mine don’t have any close coiled springs so maybe they have been replaced with aftermarket items as some point?
Next up will be cleaning up and prepping the chrome parts and trying to find a decent chrome plating company within a 50 mile radius!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Your frame looks in good condition even before it's been powder coated so a good baseline to start with.
Johnny4428:
Nice work there Dave! I always enjoy the cleaning off of the muck and old grease, oil etc. very satisfying although can be messy for me without the luxury of a parts washer. Mines a basin with parrafin and a brush.😜
Oddjob:
This may sound odd but I actually prefer them not to protect the threads, maybe exposed threads yes, like the top damper mounts but internal threads I prefer to be left exposed. The reason is that I've had some where, when you remove the bolt etc that's in there the paint can crack around it, sometimes there's a small area around the bolt hole left bare due to the way the powder has been applied, to avoid this I just blow compressed air down the hole and jiggle a small drill in there to loosen off any solidified media and then retap the hole. I find it a better finish this way, maybe I'm odd. Oh, hang on that's my name, that's why I chose it (not really, that's another story)
Rozabikes Tim:
Dave that list of items to treat is fab, might have to pinch that. I was actually going to do a post asking exactly what I should be doing and finish needed. Sorted now! Ta
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