Sandblasting

Beard and bought an awesome old school Craftsman air compressor on craigslist and I picked up a cheap sandblaster from Harbor Freight.  After getting everything assembled over the course of one evening, we arranged for a sandblasting weekend.

 

The sandblasting commenced with all sorts of funky gear.  Sand invaded all sorts of nooks and crannies no matter what we wore.  We bought 100lb of sand and reused it about three times over.

 

Beard getting his sandblasting on.

We blasted the frame, swingarm, skidplate, valve cover, cylinder and head.

The blasted frame turned out great and we were both surprised at how little rust there was underneath the paint surface.