If your exhaust valves are open, you will have sand on top of the pistons, and it is so fine it will fall down the side and settle on your top rings. Then most likely stick to any carbon or bind up and score up your cylinder walls. You have most likely forced grit under your oil and water pump seals as well. Also painting oil seals will make them go rock hard and leak. The only time I would sand blast engines like this, would be for a strip and rebuild. Good luck. Finger and toes crossed for you mate. Hopefully you don't loss your compression within 50 miles
jules paz I’m always learning brother I never pretend like im an expert and it’s great getting advice like this from people that I have done it before, I was thinking about taking my heads off just to be sure, in hindsight I may have done things a little bit differently. Like I said I’m always learning ☺️
Man you really trusted the mattress pieces to cover the exhaust ports😳 hopefully nothing went past. One thing I've learned with media blasting is that the small shit goes in every little hole too easily. Hopefully all is well. It looks 100 times better now!
Haven't watched Your videos for some time, I've lost hope of finding a donor bike. But it's nice to see that You fixed the audio balance, much more enjoyable. Cheers.
Great job as usual. Just wondering how you went with keeping the grit out of the places that were taped up? I blasted my engine in a similar way before pulling it apart for rebuild and I found that some of that stuff got in where I did not want it but was no drama as I was fully dismantling and rebuilding anyway.
Fiorello Galluzzo It was pretty well sealed however, i’m going to remove the heads just before I fire it up to make sure there’s definitely nothing in there. In hindsight I probably should’ve spent a bit more time making a better seal. I’m always learning
David Wilson bear in mind it’s a budget build though, I kinda agree though. I’ve certainly seen a whole lot worse, and to be honest I’d only go to all the trouble if it was my own bike. Depends on if he’s gonna flip it. I’d definatley change out the engine casing bolts though.
No shortcuts here ;) Looks really nice. Your channel gives probably to much inspiration, so i picked up a CX500c 1980 modell and a CB750 1982 modell yesterday.
very good video sound quality much better without blasting music and low speech , i can know subscribe and watch without disturbing the other half's soaps.
Dude! If you don’t want your stand to fall over, you could open it up more until the cross beams are horizontal, that’s when you know the stand is widest open... and made put a weight of some sort on the cross beams, if there’s wind Cheers
filmdetective Thanks mate, very good points👍 if I spread it out to far I end up kicking it at falls over anyway. I should put a weight on it but I get carried away with other things and keep forgetting, I had a handy helper this week lol 😂
Great set of videos, thank you, I find them very helpful and I have just painted my engine too - different paint though. Did you use the heat gun to just quickly dry the paint or will that cure it properly? My paint needs 200+ degrees and I have tried heating mine but gets nowhere near hot enough. I am hoping it will cure when I get it running but that may be a couple of months yet! No way I can get it in our oven at home either 😉 Cheers
Nice job Dan . Im guessing the paint is the high temperature wrinkle stuff used on the head covers as before .. couple of mods to the cabinet and you can do a lot more when you need to blast now .. great short vid as always
Gary Yorke yes same stuff :) I’m not sure if I will keep this cabinet to be honest, it’s just to use for the engines at this stage, I have my eye on something else that will do a way better job
Your vids and content are spectacular. The amount of time perfect. Normalize your audio. I am sure that there is a normalize button in your audio menu.
Is that coal slag? Aluminum oxide? Baking soda would have been a better, safer choice for blasting media. Blasting a complete, assembled engine seems hurried and slapdash to me. What kind of shape are the engine internals in? I always disassemble an engine so I can inspect and replace any seals or bearings that are worn out or rotten from age or oxidation. Cylinder heads almost always benefit from some degree of porting and polishing, gasket matching, new valve guide seals, etc. I want to improve the engine's performance, not merely change its appearance.
Justin Belshe thanks for your comment mate what you may or may not understand is that this is a budget build challenge so pulling the engine apart and replacing seals and bearings when the engine is perfectly okay wasn’t in the budget, once I’ve completed the challenge I can then do other things like increase the engines performance change the carburettors rebuild it and so on😊 Hope that makes sense
You're right, I *didn't* know that it was a low budget challenge. That said, I still recommend soda blasting in the future. It's much more gentle on aluminum parts, but tough on rust and carbon deposits. It's water-soluble, leaves the surface with a frosted white appearance and just enough tooth for paint to adhere. Glass bead is the media of choice for steel. If you have the budget for it, vapor blasting does a hell of a job, and leaves the bare metal smooth and bright, nice enough to leave unpainted.
Its best to keep the old sand media I dont throw away the sand that's been throw blast cabinet about a million times lol its good for cleaning aluminum ive just done my own cases but just make sure they have been cleaned & cleaned & use air gun aswell i just use paving sand dirt cheap about £2.50 a bag from b&Q
Mysterious Rider great idea mate, just be very careful with sandblasting, I use a respirator always, silicosis is the deadliest thing and irreversible. I don’t want to scare you but just do a quick google search on silicosis. It definitely made me change the way I was doing things. All that aside I really like your idea about saving the sand for cleaning :)
Hello, may i ask you, how did you take off the engine of the chassis (i will look your other videos of course)? and don't you paint the bottom of the engine ?
After just sandblasting my engine I am now concerned about media getting into the motor. Would a decent engine flush with kerosene and removing the head and blowing it all out be sufficient?
Sometimes the sand can get stuck between the 2 piston rings and cause some damage inside your cylinders when you start it up so do your best to try and flush it out as best you can
@@CafeRacerGarage thanks for the reply. In hindsight I wish I prepped the engine better but if I remove the top end and flush the engine several times and remove the sump pan and blow it all out I cant see why it wont be fine. Great channel keep up the great videos its helped me out alot on my CB750
Have you experimented or tried other forms of painting engines before? I'm asking because I wanna know what you think of Cameron Niemela's preferred method of Cerakote? Here's all the videos he's done on Cerakote: /user/hondaxrs85/search?query=Cerakote
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If your exhaust valves are open, you will have sand on top of the pistons, and it is so fine it will fall down the side and settle on your top rings. Then most likely stick to any carbon or bind up and score up your cylinder walls. You have most likely forced grit under your oil and water pump seals as well. Also painting oil seals will make them go rock hard and leak. The only time I would sand blast engines like this, would be for a strip and rebuild. Good luck. Finger and toes crossed for you mate. Hopefully you don't loss your compression within 50 miles
jules paz I’m always learning brother I never pretend like im an expert and it’s great getting advice like this from people that I have done it before,
I was thinking about taking my heads off just to be sure, in hindsight I may have done things a little bit differently.
Like I said I’m always learning ☺️
I would have enjoyed a much longer version of this video even more.
Me too
This video very entertaining
Man you really trusted the mattress pieces to cover the exhaust ports😳 hopefully nothing went past. One thing I've learned with media blasting is that the small shit goes in every little hole too easily. Hopefully all is well. It looks 100 times better now!
That's why I only blast engine bits with soda! If you miss a little bit of media, it won't harm anything, and it comes out with the next oil change.
oddis slajos if it went in the exhaust port hopefully it will come out when I start it. It’s the internet that I was worried about
I love your work, man. You get the right balance of detail and simplicity. The best bit of this though is definitely around the 4.22 mark :)
Luvin Itall thanx mate, 👍
I normally take the time to make aluminium plates to cover the ports and silicone them in so no chance of blasting medium getting inside.
I was enjoying the video then I Dream of Jennie came out then it was even better!!! God job brother!!!
Hi, great job ! that wrinkle stuff looks lovely, thanks . Gus
Gus thank you Gus ☺️
Haven't watched Your videos for some time, I've lost hope of finding a donor bike. But it's nice to see that You fixed the audio balance, much more enjoyable. Cheers.
Holy hell, that is going to look seriously cool, Mate! Nicely done, Dan...
🏍👍🏍
Gary A thank you Gary 😯 hope so
Cafe Racer Garage 😎👍
Excellent finish dan, your cabinet worked a treat. Awesome job. 👍
BB's Customs thank you mate 👍 glad you liked it
Nice love your vids I found the best part of this to be @ 4.20 🙊🤪
Great job as usual. Just wondering how you went with keeping the grit out of the places that were taped up? I blasted my engine in a similar way before pulling it apart for rebuild and I found that some of that stuff got in where I did not want it but was no drama as I was fully dismantling and rebuilding anyway.
Fiorello Galluzzo It was pretty well sealed however, i’m going to remove the heads just before I fire it up to make sure there’s definitely nothing in there. In hindsight I probably should’ve spent a bit more time making a better seal. I’m always learning
Hey man, great videos! Curious to know how this paint holds with time? Cheers
As they say in the UK, 100 yards pretty! Looks good from a distance. After all the good fabrication work you did on the frame, spoils it a bit really.
David Wilson bear in mind it’s a budget build though, I kinda agree though. I’ve certainly seen a whole lot worse, and to be honest I’d only go to all the trouble if it was my own bike. Depends on if he’s gonna flip it. I’d definatley change out the engine casing bolts though.
No shortcuts here ;) Looks really nice. Your channel gives probably to much inspiration, so i picked up a CX500c 1980 modell and a CB750 1982 modell yesterday.
Vidar well done mate that’s awesome 👏 congrats
Love the crinkle paint look bro.
Cute background model too 😊
very good video sound quality much better without blasting music and low speech , i can know subscribe and watch without disturbing the other half's soaps.
Dude! If you don’t want your stand to fall over, you could open it up more until the cross beams are horizontal, that’s when you know the stand is widest open... and made put a weight of some sort on the cross beams, if there’s wind
Cheers
filmdetective Thanks mate, very good points👍 if I spread it out to far I end up kicking it at falls over anyway. I should put a weight on it but I get carried away with other things and keep forgetting, I had a handy helper this week lol 😂
Cafe Racer Garage I hear you, maybe a heavier stand then... ;)
Great set of videos, thank you, I find them very helpful and I have just painted my engine too - different paint though.
Did you use the heat gun to just quickly dry the paint or will that cure it properly? My paint needs 200+ degrees and I have tried heating mine but gets nowhere near hot enough. I am hoping it will cure when I get it running but that may be a couple of months yet! No way I can get it in our oven at home either 😉
Cheers
You can use a heat gun with crinkle paint to help get a uniform finish.
Two likes, one for your work, one for the beautiful girl😂😂😂
Nice job Dan . Im guessing the paint is the high temperature wrinkle stuff used on the head covers as before .. couple of mods to the cabinet and you can do a lot more when you need to blast now .. great short vid as always
Gary Yorke yes same stuff :) I’m not sure if I will keep this cabinet to be honest, it’s just to use for the engines at this stage, I have my eye on something else that will do a way better job
Buddy!!! Looks great!!!
Peter Kowalinski thanx mate 😋
Good job on the sandblaster m8 : )
I agree, it works pretty well. I wonder if it's gentle enough to be used for cleaning carburetors too.
BOBBER400 thank you mate it works well
hello my brother ... try using sand glass beads so that your machine looks clean shiny
Your vids and content are spectacular. The amount of time perfect. Normalize your audio. I am sure that there is a normalize button in your audio menu.
Is that coal slag? Aluminum oxide?
Baking soda would have been a better, safer choice for blasting media.
Blasting a complete, assembled engine seems hurried and slapdash to me.
What kind of shape are the engine internals in?
I always disassemble an engine so I can inspect and replace any seals or bearings that are worn out or rotten from age or oxidation. Cylinder heads almost always benefit from some degree of porting and polishing, gasket matching, new valve guide seals, etc. I want to improve the engine's performance, not merely change its appearance.
Justin Belshe thanks for your comment mate what you may or may not understand is that this is a budget build challenge so pulling the engine apart and replacing seals and bearings when the engine is perfectly okay wasn’t in the budget, once I’ve completed the challenge I can then do other things like increase the engines performance change the carburettors rebuild it and so on😊 Hope that makes sense
You're right, I *didn't* know that it was a low budget challenge.
That said, I still recommend soda blasting in the future. It's much more gentle on aluminum parts, but tough on rust and carbon deposits. It's water-soluble, leaves the surface with a frosted white appearance and just enough tooth for paint to adhere.
Glass bead is the media of choice for steel.
If you have the budget for it, vapor blasting does a hell of a job, and leaves the bare metal smooth and bright, nice enough to leave unpainted.
Its best to keep the old sand media I dont throw away the sand that's been throw blast cabinet about a million times lol its good for cleaning aluminum ive just done my own cases but just make sure they have been cleaned & cleaned & use air gun aswell i just use paving sand dirt cheap about £2.50 a bag from b&Q
Mysterious Rider great idea mate, just be very careful with sandblasting, I use a respirator always, silicosis is the deadliest thing and irreversible. I don’t want to scare you but just do a quick google search on silicosis. It definitely made me change the way I was doing things. All that aside I really like your idea about saving the sand for cleaning :)
Hello, may i ask you, how did you take off the engine of the chassis (i will look your other videos of course)? and don't you paint the bottom of the engine ?
What kind of tape is that? The clear with white lines one
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T'ES BON BON BON 💪😜
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Do you have this for sale on gumtree? Or is it an exact replica
Here from "Classic Octane" Sub'd
He is a legend :)
What paint did you use?
Awesome
nice!
After just sandblasting my engine I am now concerned about media getting into the motor. Would a decent engine flush with kerosene and removing the head and blowing it all out be sufficient?
Sometimes the sand can get stuck between the 2 piston rings and cause some damage inside your cylinders when you start it up so do your best to try and flush it out as best you can
@@CafeRacerGarage thanks for the reply. In hindsight I wish I prepped the engine better but if I remove the top end and flush the engine several times and remove the sump pan and blow it all out I cant see why it wont be fine. Great channel keep up the great videos its helped me out alot on my CB750
does anyone know what the intro music is .. I so want it
I don’t know. But I wouldn’t sand blast the motor like this. Sand goes everywhere. Vapor blast would be better in my opinion
Have you experimented or tried other forms of painting engines before? I'm asking because I wanna know what you think of Cameron Niemela's preferred method of Cerakote?
Here's all the videos he's done on Cerakote: /user/hondaxrs85/search?query=Cerakote
G D that stuff is very expensive so I haven’t looked into it for this build but it’s amazing stuff
@@CafeRacerGarage Sounds like a patreon goal right there.
I have used Harley Davidsons wrinkle finish on spray cans and that's really good!
no engine primer??? right to the paint
I followed the instructions on the can to the tee. Hope that helps mate
Wrinkle Paint amzn.to/2Y7pCPd
Sandblasting Gun amzn.to/2UuRkUH
Glass Bead amzn.to/34Dlwk9
How I Made the Sandblasting Cabinet Video: th-cam.com/video/sWvz4Y3MTeQ/w-d-xo.html
ALL PARTS AND TOOLS I USE:
www.amazon.com/shop/caferacergarage
Music I use, TRY IT FOR FREE bit.ly/2OR9jRq - AMAZING for TH-camrs