Making a head look new

[LarryT]

Anybody know a good way to clean a head so it looks new and shiney

[Billy Ricks]

What finish is the head? If you want polished aluminum I can tell you how I am getting between the fins on a Norton head I'm cleaning up. I am using a rag wrapped around a paint stirring stick with metal polish.

[LarryT]

I dont want to polish it to a shine, just real clean looking aluminum. has any body soda blasted any aluminum???

[Billy Ricks]

I dont want to polish it to a shine, just real clean looking aluminum. has any body soda blasted any aluminum???

Someone here has done it, maybe start a new thread about soda blasting. It may have been Renobruce.

[nert]

hijack
i don't know where the edge of gods country is...but whats keepin you from the few white states you have left? VERY impressive.

[Nessism]

Suzuki painted the engine with silver paint. Fairly easy to replicate with silver engine paint.

If you want a natural aluminum finish get the head bead blasted. It will come out shiny but not in a polished sort of way.

[Billy Ricks]

hijack
i don't know where the edge of gods country is...but whats keepin you from the few white states you have left? VERY impressive.

It's what the locals around the hill country northwest of San Antonio like to call their area. Loaded with some of the best backroads in the country.

Just haven't had a reason to hit the last few states. My wife and I keep talking about a trip to Alaska one day. I'll pick up the rest of the states then. After that all that's left is Hawaii.

[Poot]

It's what the locals around the hill country northwest of San Antonio like to call their area. Loaded with some of the best backroads in the country.

Just haven't had a reason to hit the last few states. My wife and I keep talking about a trip to Alaska one day. I'll pick up the rest of the states then. After that all that's left is Hawaii.

How aboot Canada, eh?



POOT

[chef1366]

Break the head down and take it to a machine shop with a acid wash machine. Looks like an industrial dishwasher.
If you need more bead blast it. I'd keep the blast away from the seats though.