Katit's 1978 KZ650 project

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Then so far so good.

I haven’t honed and cylinders yet but did inquire into the process. It was recommended that you use white cotton tee shirts with trans fluid and continue to wipe the cylinders down till the tees come out clean. 

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wrote:

Then so far so good.

I haven’t honed and cylinders yet but did inquire into the process. It was recommended that you use white cotton tee shirts with trans fluid and continue to wipe the cylinders down till the tees come out clean. 

I used flex-hone. Instructions on package says to hone with 10-30 oil (or honing oil) - I used 0-20 (this is what I had )
They also say specifically NOT to use solvents to clean. They say to use detergent to clean.

I am not chemist. I understand it needs to be cleaned from abrasives. But not sure solvents vs detergent is because of environment or for some other reason. Anyhow, I used what I had. I cleaned with brake clean and blue paper shop towels until they came out clean. Then I oiled and packed away. When I am going to assemble - I will do another thorough cleanup.

I didn't want to introduce water/detergent at this point to avoid flash rust. 

 

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Thanks, nice job on the polish. The big test of the Cerakote will be how it stands up to bolts being tightened. That’s were I see my choice of coatings fail.