Tom,
I have used a benchtop grinder with buffing wheels and red rouge buffing
sticks with great results on lots of "bright metal" that are part of items I
am cleaning up under the hood and on the engine. I am not going crazy
looking for a high polish when one was not present on a new car but it gets
the 35+ years of staining and discoloration out of bright steel and aluminum
parts. A coat of paste wax seems to keep the shine.... not sure how long
though.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Rollins <tom@ntcs-inc.com>
To: 'triumphs@autox.team.net' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 3:34 PM
Subject: Refinishing hydraulic cylinders
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>Listers,
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>All this talk of finishing intakes and swing arms reminded me of a question
>I have been pondering. What is the prefered method of refinishing brake
and
>clutch cylinders? The aluminum clutch master on my TR-6 was recently done
>by polishing with a 3M red buffing wheel. The clutch slave was cast iron
>and seemed like a better canidate for painting, but the paint I usually use
>for cast iron parts wouldn't hold up to Castrol LMA. Is there a readily
>available paint that will? Something available in spray cans perhaps?
>Thanks.
>
>Tom Rollins
>1969 GT-6+
>1972 TR-6
>1974 Europa Special
>tom@ntcs-inc.com
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