ultrasound took off the carb clear coat on bowl and cap - what to recoat with?

[Andrew Vanis]

ultrasound took off the carb clear coat on bowl and cap - what to recoat with?

my two outside carbs were shinier than the inside two. when ultrasound cleaning them, come kind of goop came off - looks like polyurathane or varnish.

I guess I could leave them plain alum but if I did want to recoat them, what would I use?

 

[JTGS850GL]

What were you using as the solution when ultrasonic cleaning?

It's normal for the two outside carbs to have shinny top and bottoms. Suzuki only put the polished caps on the outside carbs because they weren't visible on the inner carbs. It is a coating that is on them but I've never seen a need to re-coat them. If cleaned properly, they don't discolor easily. If you want to coat them, then use a 2k clear coat. If you try to use a simple rattle can clear it will bubble up if any gas gets on it.

 

[SVSooke]

Most of the old paint will come off in the ultrasonic it seems.

The before

And after of my 82 GPz750 carbs.I have used Dupli-Color high performance wheel coating because I'm close to the ocean here and even then polished pieces corrode.

Though a pic of the results after I painted the carbs with VHT satin black caliper paint.

 

[Dragon Breath]

ultrasound took off the carb clear coat on bowl and cap - what to recoat with?

My personal choice would be some polishing compound and a buffing wheel.

 

[JamesWhut?]

But then they will eventually get gray and splotchy.

 

[Jmanor]

Most of the old paint will come off in the ultrasonic it seems.

The before

And after of my 82 GPz750 carbs.I have used Dupli-Color high performance wheel coating because I'm close to the ocean here and even then polished pieces corrode.

Though a pic of the results after I painted the carbs with VHT satin black caliper paint.

Plan on painting my cards black as well but going to sand and polish tops and float bowls. Is it necessary to take carbs apart as in separate them to paint?

 

[SVSooke]

I took the GPz carbs apart to ultrasound them but I can't see any way to clean the carbs good enough to get into all the crevasses in the bodies.

 

[Andrew Vanis]

I took the GPz carbs apart to ultrasound them but I can't see any way to clean the carbs good enough to get into all the crevasses in the bodies.

did you ultrasound them yet?

what are you trying to do in the crevasses? - clean them or paint them?

 

[tkent02]

I took the GPz carbs apart to ultrasound them but I can't see any way to clean the carbs good enough to get into all the crevasses in the bodies.

That's what the ultrasound is for.