Cleaning a piston

[Timo. 0]

How do you clean up an old piston??

 

I want it shining and good enough to use as a mirror!!

 

I've got 1 in coca cola at the minute to see what that'll do. Any other good ideas?

 

cheers

 

T.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Good old elbow grease and metal polish!

[Timo. 0]

MMMMmmmmm....... I like the coke idea for the minute.

 

Might give that a shot tomorrow. Think there's some metal polish around somewhere.

 

T.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I polised up a piston from a V12 Caterpillar earth mover engine (huge!) and some valves (equally huge) with some autosol and drill buffers a treat. They're an ornament in the house now, LOL! I use them to explain to my friends how engines work, LOL!

[Timo. 0]

These pistons are for ornaments too!!

 

They're 2 g60 pistons I bought off ebay for a £1. Nothing wrong with them. They came from a blown engine. The other 2 got melted.

 

Bought them as part of my Dad's birthday. Bit of nostalgia!!

 

Mind you, I expected to pay a bit more than a £1 so I've had to buy other stuff too!

 

T.

[Supercharged 2]

They're an ornament in the house now, LOL! I use them to explain to my friends how engines work, LOL!

 

He's not joking! :lol:

[stevemac 0]

I scrubbed all of mine with a "green panscrubber" & washing-up liquid. Then I stuck them back in the engine............ :mrgreen:

 

As Kev says, for an ornamental finish - Solvol Autosol is the "daddy"

[Timo. 0]

I scrubbed all of mine with a "green panscrubber" & washing-up liquid. Then I stuck them back in the engine............ :mrgreen:

 

Respect!!!

 

As Kev says, for an ornamental finish - Solvol Autosol is the "daddy"

 

Purchasing tomorrow me thinks! 8)

 

T.

[potatonet 0]

yeah i used a dremel..... takes off everything, then you could use a cleaner