They both look good ! I only had the chance to do a frame with wheel cleaner and it turned out amazing. I'm just waiting to do one in the vapor blaster
Amazing job always ! The vapor blasted one seems the easiest way once you have the machine ! The scrubbing 🧽 is time consuming my question is does the sanding removes material from the frame ?
Thanks Art! The vapor blasting method is more time efficient for sure, if you have one! The pryme wheels do remove the frame material/ano but I have never had an issue with this being a problem down the road. If anything you can touch them up again with the wheels👍🏼
Vapor blasting looks good but if you don’t have access to a machine or shop. Napa sells an aluminum brighter that works amazing with a scotch bright pad and a power wash. Cool water with the acid cleaners is the key, not hot water.
You can say that again! For sake of time I would have preferred to just vapor blast both but wanted to show it can be done the ol' fashion way to compare for those without one.
Just two cents any wire brush or wire wheel should be made of stainless steel carbon brushes impregnates the aluminum with carbon, or in the welding world we call it cross contamination. Be careful you guys
Vapor blasting really had changed the bike building and parts restoration game.
It really has Brent! Amazing stuff
They both look good ! I only had the chance to do a frame with wheel cleaner and it turned out amazing. I'm just waiting to do one in the vapor blaster
It's crazy how well the stuff works! Was cool to be able to do both methods to compare, either way you will get a sweet result
Good looking those Frames....👀 Channel is growing Well👊Best Wishes Greg
Thanks dude! And they will look better once they are connected to an engine lol
JGR used to polish their YZ frames to a mirror. Sick looking
I'd love to go to that level with a future build!
Amazing job always ! The vapor blasted one seems the easiest way once you have the machine ! The scrubbing 🧽 is time consuming my question is does the sanding removes material from the frame ?
Thanks Art! The vapor blasting method is more time efficient for sure, if you have one! The pryme wheels do remove the frame material/ano but I have never had an issue with this being a problem down the road. If anything you can touch them up again with the wheels👍🏼
Both look great. Good job. 👍🏻
Much appreciated Bret, thanks!
Your welcome. Your channel is awesome. Keep it up.
Would the CR frame fit in your vapor blaster? Or do you think a newer CRF frame would fit?
Oh yeah! The CR frames definitely fit in there as well. Would have saved me a bunch of time but I wanted to do both ways for the sake of the video
Vapor blasting looks good but if you don’t have access to a machine or shop. Napa sells an aluminum brighter that works amazing with a scotch bright pad and a power wash. Cool water with the acid cleaners is the key, not hot water.
The Napa aluminum brightener is also a great choice if you can't find the mag wheel cleaner for sure! Didn't know about the hot vs. cold water.
Did the CR Frame fit in your blasting cabinet? I know its slightly bigger.
It did! For sure tighter but it works 👍🏼
Time is money. Don’t have the free time to spend 3 hours + cleaning a frame. Wish I had the budget for a vapor blaster.
You can say that again! For sake of time I would have preferred to just vapor blast both but wanted to show it can be done the ol' fashion way to compare for those without one.
What abrasive media did you use in the blaster?
20lb of glass bead plus 5lb of aluminum oxide! 25 lb total for the machine.
Just two cents any wire brush or wire wheel should be made of stainless steel carbon brushes impregnates the aluminum with carbon, or in the welding world we call it cross contamination. Be careful you guys