Correct me if im wrong but arent carb bodies made of zinc?
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Zinc Carb Bodies???
- Thread starter chuck hahn
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ok..thanks. Im trying to find videos and / or products that will clean them and leave them rather shiney.
Eastwood has a few paint products but then again so does Auto Zone. Ive wire wheeled hundreds of bodies and used the Dremel in all the small areas but they eventually dull again.
So what alloy is it?
Does it contain lead or some other substance?
How reactive is pure zinc? Not sure what this guy is polishing but it buffs up mirrorish
Yeah well soon as i find a microscopic sander that may be an option.
Agemax
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I dont know what alloy it is but its not pure zinc.
Yes carbs can be buffed up and polished with aluminium polish or various other metal polishes that are available but its a tricky job on a carb.
A dremel with stainless steel wire brushes will shine them up but not the same as a polished finish.
I think what Chuck was aiming for was a dip of some sort that will not only clean the carbs but leave them looking pretty shiney as well, with no elbow grease involved.
I have tried almost everything available on the market and there is nothing i have found that achieves this.
However i have developed a product that will clean them to a clinical standard, and leave them a nice satin finish, which i use on all the carbs i refurbish.
Fine wire brush and Autosol?
G
Guest
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Chuck, Google 'zamac' or 'mazac'. Different terms either side of the Atlantic, which relate to the same alloy. Zinc, aluminium, manganese and copper.
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