"oz" wrote...
> Hi all: I recentley bought a 1999 v-star 650 classic. Great bike but the
> guy who owned it before me left it in a damp shed over the winter. I was
> able to get rid of all the surface rust on the rims etc. but the cooling
> fins on the cylinders have corrosion on the outer edges that has eaten
> into the black paint on the fins. Any recomendations on types of touch up
> paint and any prep. work that should be done? Thanks Oz
Hi Oz,
I don't know what the left-pondian equivalent is, but here in the UK
there's "Sperex VHT" heat-resistant enamel, rated for exhaust pipe
temperatures, there must be an USian equivalent? Start out with a
phosphoric-acid based rust eliminator (one of the ones that turns the rust
purply-black), lightly wire brush the excess away and reapply, when the
rust's killed, clean down with solvent of choice and apply the exhaust
enamel, leave to dry for an hour or so, clean any over-painted bits you want
showing through as bare metal with emery cloth on a wooden or dense foam
block, then run the engine to bake it hard.
Well, that's how I'd do it, anyway - assuming eiher of our bikes had iron
cylinders [1], and it's how I did it on my old BSA single When I Was A Lot
Younger (except the baking was done in my mum's over - she was not best
pleased...). I've got to do similar on SWMBO's FZX, as the paint's mostly
off the ally barrel and she wants the edges f the "fins" (purely cosmetic)
nice and shiny
)
Dave H.
(The engineer formerly known as Homeless)
Our Yamahas
)
1988 FZX 750
1990 VMax
1992 SY-85
1995 FX900 / FC900
1999 A5000
2000 F-310
[1] Ally cylinders I'd just leave out the rust-removing/killing stages. of
course!
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