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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Wilmington, DE
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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6 View Post
Those do look nice. I typically bead blast and then tumble Al and Mg. I can control the surface sheen with media and various techniques and I like that the media micro-peens the surface to seal it. The Mg 915 below is 2 years done and still glows. My sense is the vapor blaster will shorten the time I need to get to the final finish and sometimes give me a final finish.
The hubs took me less than 5 minutes. Trailing arms are 5 minutes each. Trans is 10-15 because of all the books and crannies.
The crossmember was the typical tar covered old looking part. Less than 10 minutes to make it look like new. But our unit is one of the larger ones.


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