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restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:01 am
by Tamiyaterror
hi all, im restoring a 94 yz10, and wanted to clean the magnesium motor mount up, i want it to look orginal, and dont want to polish it. any suggestions on what the best product or method to use would be?
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:11 am
by mikea96
Glass bead blasting works great then spray a couple light coats of clearcoat on it to keep it from oxidizing again.
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:24 am
by RC10th
I used mothers polish and just polished the tarnish away. I hoped the inbuilt wax would prevent it from tarnishing again but I haven't looked at it in about 2 years.
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:01 am
by countrumford
I just cleaned my magnesium parts in an ultrasonic cleaner (Branson 200) with tap water and mild dish soap. the corrosion and dirt is gone and the surfaces are now smooth to the touch. They still have a tarnished look which I think of as patina and am happy with it. I assemble cars with a little carnauba wax on hand for hinge-pins, and self tapping screws into plastic so everything I touch gets a waxy finish (and smells lemony fresh). Oddly the front bulkhead has a different "look" of shiny silver instead of mid to dark gray.
- magnesium fresh from soap bath
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- magnesium fresh from soap bath
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Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:53 pm
by a01butal
mikea96 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:11 am
Glass bead blasting works great then spray a couple light coats of clearcoat on it to keep it from oxidizing again.
I'll second Mike's suggestion as I have used it on all my Yok magnesium parts and finished with the light coating of clear, works really good and just to be clear it's "glass beading" not "sand blasting".
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:27 pm
by LosiRacer1
countrumford wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:01 am
I just cleaned my magnesium parts in an ultrasonic cleaner (Branson 200) with tap water and mild dish soap. the corrosion and dirt is gone and the surfaces are now smooth to the touch. They still have a tarnished look which I think of as patina and am happy with it. I assemble cars with a little carnauba wax on hand for hinge-pins, and self tapping screws into plastic so everything I touch gets a waxy finish (and smells lemony fresh). Oddly the front bulls head has a different "look" shiny silver instead of mid to dark gray.IMG_4776.jpeg
I just got an ultrasonic a weekend ago, will definitely have to try this with my magnesium parts I have laying around!
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:40 pm
by RC10resto
countrumford wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:01 am
Oddly the front bulkhead has a different "look" of shiny silver instead of mid to dark gray.
Your front Bulkhead may be Aluminum.
Re: restoration of the magnesium motor mount, any tips?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:43 am
by Boss155
I used a coffee machine descaler powder like (Puly Cleaner), you only need to dip the bulkheads for about 30 seconds, you get a bit of a volatile reaction, but straight out on to clean water. The parts go black, but that washes off with dishwasher powder, you won't believe how silver they come out... mine are better than new!