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That was actually the plan Steve but it was too late to call and set a date. I'll contact you tomorrow.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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'Most any evening, ... after 5.
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
#1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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Siblings and Spouses
Mom's first ride
Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
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Originally posted by cowboyup3371 View PostDoes someone have some good directions on making your own since the stuff I saw on YouTube looked suspicious last night?
It goes through the $0.50 boxes from Dollar General pretty quickly. I'd get a few bucks worth to do a set of carbs. Keep it dry, of course.Dogma
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O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you! - David
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
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'80 GS850 GLT
'80 GS1000 GT
'01 ZRX1200R
How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex
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Thank you Dale, I'll try it out.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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I've done the homemade blaster too and it didn't work so well. I think you need a pretty hefty compressor. And be prepared to clean up a lot of soda if you don't have a cabinet.
You asked if using the dremel with a wire wheel works? It works great. Will leave those carbs nice and shiny. I'm at work now but will post up some before and after pics when I get home tonight for ya.1982 GS550M Rebuilt Winter '12 - 550 to 673cc engine conversion.
1989 Kawasaki ZX-7 Ninja
2016 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle
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Originally posted by Sci85 View PostYou asked if using the dremel with a wire wheel works? It works great. Will leave those carbs nice and shiny.
There is a big difference between CLEAN carbs and SHINY carbs.
I will take the natural, matte finish any day over the shiny wire-wheeled look.
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
#1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
Family Portrait
Siblings and Spouses
Mom's first ride
Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
(Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)
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True Steve, it does depend on what one prefers. I like shiny and clean myself but nothing wrong with matte. However, if I'm gonna paint the body, I want all the old crud off and this is the quick and easy way I found without a blasting apparatus (which, IMO, leaves one of the best finishes...someday I will have one).
Here's what you can expect...
1982 GS550M Rebuilt Winter '12 - 550 to 673cc engine conversion.
1989 Kawasaki ZX-7 Ninja
2016 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle
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Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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That looks a little cleaner Scott, keen to see your soda blasting setup... may have to try that myself one day.1982 GS450E - The Wee Beastie
1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020
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450 Refresh thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-GS450-Refresh
Katana 7/11 thread: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...84-Katana-7-11
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Thanks Pete; After putting in 7 hours at work today working on our phone scripts, I picked up the hose from Lowes and two 5-lb bags of baking soda from Walmart. I'm going to try getting over to the garage tomorrow and give it a shot.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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Well, it's done; I'm not extremely impressed with the job as I'll have to take a pick and scrape off some areas the blasting wouldn't remove. But it's a LOT better than it was and so I'll try it again when I need I guess. I learned a few things though:
First, there are alot of cautions everywhere about keeping your soda dry during the process. So, I took one suggestion and used a saltine cracker in the bag - BAD MOVE The cracker broke up on me and blocked the line several times. I think I'll want to find a different method of keeping it dry next time though as I got streaks when I used the second bag without using the crackers.
Second, in conjunction with the above, I think I need a larger hose next time. The site Dogma linked to said to use 7/16 diameter clear vinyl hose but didn't say if that was ID or OD. When i went to Lowes, I didn't find any 7/16 so picked up 1/2 OD x 3/8 ID instead. It did the job but I think I should have used something bigger to reduce the likelihood of blockage. Clearing the blockages wasn't difficult but time consuming.
Third, even being outside and wearing a mask, that stuff went everywhere and gave me the taste of soda in my mask. I think I need to change the filters but it was a good thing I wore that mask. I'll also need to buy a shield for next time and probably some kind of oversuit.
Two five pound bags worked out well but they are hard to find - I grabbed the last two in the laundry aisle in Walmart and only saw 1-lb boxes in the baking aisle. You do have to continuously move the hose and reset it as the soda will disappear from the end fairly quickly. The piece of hard plastic hose was taped against the vinyl to ensure it didn't move around and it worked well. Air pressure was up around 80 psi but the compressor continuously ran (I used my friend's too which is a lot bigger than my itty bitty thing).
I think that about covers it. Here are some pictures for you - I took more of the carbs but figured I'd only post these.
My gun setup:
Soda:
Outdoor blasting booth:
Carbs:
Last edited by cowboyup3371; 07-28-2013, 08:05 PM.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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Good stuff Scott, they look pretty good to me!
I have heard of people ending up white after soda blasting...1982 GS450E - The Wee Beastie
1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020
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450 Refresh thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-GS450-Refresh
Katana 7/11 thread: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...84-Katana-7-11
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Looks pretty good, apart from stubborn corners where air couldn't carry the soda in to do the job. Did you do the anodized pieces too? Soda blasting brightened mine up quite a bit.Dogma
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O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you! - David
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
--
'80 GS850 GLT
'80 GS1000 GT
'01 ZRX1200R
How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex
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Originally posted by pete View PostGood stuff Scott, they look pretty good to me!
I have heard of people ending up white after soda blasting...Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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I installed the tach drive into the valve cover and ground off the powder coat with my Dremel from the swingarm shock studs. My younger daughter tried to scrape out the old paint from the carbs that the soda blasting didn't get. I'll have to go over them again but I think I'll have the carbs together by tomorrow night.
No pictures today as I took them at night in a poorly lit garage and didn't turn out well. I'll do new ones tomorrow.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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