How To Remove Aluminum Transfer Without Acid

[KG441c]

Im not sure! Lol! Im trying to learn myself but I uusually do use a very light oil and just a very mild flex hone after cleaning a cylinder and giving new rings a new fresh surface for a set of rings to seat into. Always has worked for me but im sure scotchbrite is just as good and safer. You can overdo it quick with a flexhone

 

[KG441c]

Id wait for Randy to make that call on your cylinder though

 

[blk05crew]

Id wait for Randy to make that call on your cylinder though

That's what I was thinking haha! Cleaned up pretty good though so far.

 

[KG441c]

That's what I was thinking haha! Cleaned up pretty good though so far.

Yes it looks nice and Randy will give u good sound advice as he has seen and sees many saws everyday and knows whats best for them. When he gives advice I listen as that man has spent many hrs of his life inside the cylinders of these saws

 

[Mastermind]

I've been using a fine diamond burr it get those little spots. After burning thru the plating on a couple, I looked for a different way.

Just find something that will hit the spots and only the spots.....

 

[KG441c]

I've been using a fine diamond burr it get those little spots. After burning thru the plating on a couple, I looked for a different way.

Just find something that will hit the spots and only the spots.....

I see! Another little tip for the notebook!! Lol!!

 

[blk05crew]

I've been using a fine diamond burr it get those little spots. After burning thru the plating on a couple, I looked for a different way.

Just find something that will hit the spots and only the spots.....

Thanks for the tip! I didn't have the tools you have Mastermind so I did it by had with the sandpaper on a wooden dowel. So i'll just get after it a little more today and focus on those spots.
So the sandpaper doesn't take too much metal off of the cylinder walls to make it not functional? How much does the sandpaper actually take off?

 

[Mastermind]

The sandpaper will barely scratch the plating......unless it's already worn, and you sand too long at a higher RPM than you can by hand. In other words......worry not.

 

[blk05crew]

The sandpaper will barely scratch the plating......unless it's already worn, and you sand too long at a higher RPM than you can by hand. In other words......worry not.

Awesome, thanks I appreciate the advice!

 

[tntblaster14]

I gotta say, I watched the vids, used 100, 120, 180, and 400 emory cloth, and then the mandrel and scotch brite polish. It worked BEAUTIFULLY and saved me from junking a perfectly usable cylinder. Thanks so much for this tutorial and the guys in the tradin post who encouraged me to clean it up vs buying an aftermarket replacement for my 346.

 

[Bilge Rat LT 20]

Everyone that has stopped doing acid while working on saws should be commended!

It would explain one of the pics in the 026 thread, Colors, patterns, oh my!!!

For those last little spots of transfer i used a 1/4" alumnabronze split rod and 180 grit emory .
This rod is 7" long.
I use it in my hand, the long rod lays under your index finger back thru the palm giving you good control and pressure on the emory.

Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

 

[jughead500]

Everyone that has stopped doing acid while working on saws should be commended!

Yeah stopped acid a long time ago while working on cylinders.kept trying to remove Elfs snd Trolls along with the transfer.

 

[Mastermind]

You fellers ain't right.......



.....I like that.

 

[jughead500]

You fellers ain't right.......



.....I like that.

You would't believe how many of those phuckers can hide in a transfer port.. And they kept telling me i was using too much acid.kind scared me so i put the jug up.

 

[toddol1971]

[QUOTEJust find something that will hit the spots and only the spots.....[/QUOTE]

My wife says I have one of those

 

[Mastermind]

Repped.

 

[LegDeLimber]

when you start seeing a troll under those bridges (transfers),
that's when it's time for a little vacation.

 

[Mastermind]

 

[HuskyHeadDave]

This is the stuff........

Diggin' on the wigglesworth scotch brite device....running out to buy one immediately!

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

So What would I do with the muratic acid that I have.