Well that was a task.. using some Simple Green 1:1 mix with water with a red Scotch-Brite scuffing pad took quite a while! I focused mainly on the areas that would be a ‘mating’ surface and that still took close to 1.5 hrs.
The water sure did get dirty as you’ll see.. the aluminum ‘looked’ clean but I’m sure it goes through plenty of machining before it gets to the final product. As I saw on another blog, I removed the blue coating on the skins by using a heat iron. Simply run it across the coating and it will peel off! Now no need to worry about extra scratches on the skin until I’m ready to finish. Next up is making absolutely sure there’s no grease on the parts by using Acetone prior to priming. Maybe I can get the wife to help me next time for an extra set of hands? 🤔 Comments are closed.
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