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The Citrus Strip paste I found seems to work very well, attached is the result of the first application and pressure wash, it's getting the second to catch what was missed. A little more hand work and it will be paintable after serious degreasing,

A little tip I found handy when stripping hard to do parts, with gloves on, use some steel wool and stripper to clean all the hard to get and stubborn bits of paint, works a treat....

I will try that. It’s cleaning up faster than I expected. The head will of course take some work due to the fins.

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Try the edit button… you might be able to hit the insert button.

yep I just went back to edit this post you can insert the thumbnail photo
 

I fixed it . 

Starting to cover everything up for bead blast, it will take some time. I have to bring beads in from Oahu.

What bead are you using?

The guy doing it said get fine which I think is A, per the charts I’ve seen. New to me.

I've watched my friend clean cases he regularly gets blasted, clean clean and clean again, and when you think they are spotless, clean them again.....!

what about vapor blasting?

Edit: I was thinking of another type of blasting that was just water based... disregard.

It's a lot of work vapor blasting motorcycle parts.  There's the initial prep getting the oil, grease and paint off so you can actually GET to the vapor blasting.  You  don't want oil and grease floating around in your vapor blaster and fine blasting media isn't very good at removing paint.  Then the fun part of blasting and making sure you get every nook and crany and that alone can be quite time consuming.  Even with fine media you have to be careful with air pressure and how close you get the blast gun to certain areas such as sealing surfaces.  Once your finished with the actual blasting then you have to clean the part and that is where you need a dip tank, running water, a good air compressor and a lot of patience.  Once the part dries out any remaining media will be difficult to extract after it hardens.  In this instance cleanliness is next to Godliness.  While vapor blasting can make cleaning much easier, it certainly isn't as easy as some may think it is.  Large engine parts can take several hours of work for just one piece.  In my case I practiced on scrap and donated parts until I got to the point I became comfortable doing the process.  If I was doing it professionally I would have at least three vapor blasting machines.  One small one for small parts and two large ones with different media in them.  Changing the media for different effects is very time consuming with just one machine, but done correctly vapor blasted parts look fantastic!

Rick H.