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I've got some early results on the rock tumbler. I threw in a knuckle, bulkhead, and motormount (the mount was completely painted white) into the rock tumbler 4 hours ago. In the pics you'll see how much of the paint has already come off. The knuckle comparison is pretty crazy too. I'm using the sec...

I'm new here so I haven't gotten to know everyone yet so I'd like to ask a question.... not that it's a competition but for fun and interest who has the largest Yokomo collection on this forum and how many? Any pics available?

You were totally right Tim, this place is amazing!! I've got Yokomo stuff spread out all over my living room and magnesium dust in every orifice!

That does look fantastic! Thanks! I'm hoping that the rock tumbler method will clean the parts as well as the wire brushes did because it is much less work to load a bunch of parts, water, and sand into a $25 rock tumbler than to hand polish each part. If the tumbler works I'll just clear-coat the ...

Just keep in mind while experimenting with cleaning methods that magnesium will burn. Hot and fast. :shock: Thanks for the reminder! That seems to be one advantage to the Brass wire brushes (sorry, I called them copper wire brushes in a previous post), the brass brushes are non sparking but a great...

Ok, I just got finished my first test with the Dremel Copper wire wheels and the Testors Paint. I'm very impressed with the results. After the wire wheel the hubs were very polished which is fine but not very original looking. Once I hit some of the dullcoat clear paint they look amazing and they ar...

Hey Carl, that thing looks awesome. Thanks for the link - I'm going to order one right away. I just got back from the toy store where I bought a rock tumbler. I'm just doing some testing with that now so I'll have some results and pictures soon of the wire brush method and the rock tumbler method. C...

I just got back from the hardware store and bought a bunch of wire brushes for my Dremel. I picked up Brass Brushes because they seem to fit the bill perfectly. The back says "Softer than steel, won't scratch soft metals. Brass is non sparking." That all sounded pretty good for what I'm tr...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and have read many many posts. Very good stuff!! I just got a pair of YZ10's (the '88 - '89 ones) and have torn them apart and of course the bulkheads, hubs, and motormount are in pretty rough shape. I've read tons of posts and keep seeing that bead blasting is the ...

Ha ha, wow, when a friend told me about this forum to help with my YZ10 project I was impressed but this post was a huge help. It's tough to sort out exactly what model you're trying to restore. Thanks for the great info!!

Looking good, are you still working on this project?