Shiny swingarm

April 27, 2009Dan No Comments »

Hello all. Last week Saturday, the moon and the stars were in proper alignment! The weather was nice, I had some free time and more importantly Walmart finally got in their shipment of fine sand for the summer. After buying a few bags and setting everything up, I had the chance to try out my new sandblaster. I was somewhat disappointed at first — it seems the blasting media needs to be quite dry in order to perform. And of course, walmart keeps their sand outdoors and it had rained the night before.

After a quick setback when the sand refused to blast, I started baking the sand in the oven to get rid of the moisture. Although it’s a bit of a pain, it did work. Once we got the sandblaster figured out it worked quite well. The part you see below is the swingarm for my Honda CB360, it used to be black and rusty. Now it is shiny and 95% rust free! I’m going to blast it again to get rid of the last few traces of paint and rust, and then it will be ready to be primed and painted.

Honda CB360 Swingarm

I was hoping to get the ‘cycle out before school let out here, but it looks less and less like that will happen. This week is exam week, the last week before (most) students head home. I only have 1 exam on Wednesday, but I have a decent amount of studying to do before then. I’m thinking I will finish stripping the rest of the frame and get a coat of primer on it by the end of this weekend. Seems like a reasonable goal, but it also seems like things pop up that get in the way.

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