Sandblasted valve train cover problem - Team Integra Forums

redassassin72 · 06-30-2012, 01:04 AM

Hi,
i may be screwed here. Today i bead blasted my valve train cover. I sealed it fairly well but anyone with any experience with this will know that it gets EVERYWHERE.
Problem being there was still a small amount of oil still left on the interior. Not very much but enough to gum up a tad. I Have been washing it for like 30 minutes and used brake cleaner and it is kindof coming off but there are some parts that i cant get to with the hose. WHAT DO I DO?! If that shit get in my engine i am double screwed. Help? we are soaking it in a soap solution. help...

95lscoupe · 06-30-2012, 01:24 AM

Could you maybe soak it in acetone or like paint thinner?

redassassin72 · 06-30-2012, 01:37 AM

at a risk of sounding insane, if this soak dosent work i am going to cover it in lighterfluid or somthing very similar.
maybe air craft cleaner

REDTEGTypeLS · 06-30-2012, 11:24 AM

Why not try a can of GUNK engine cleaner/de-greaser? Less than $5 bucks a can. Oil and grease melt right off of anything they are attached to with that stuff.

Brandon93 · 06-30-2012, 02:11 PM

Use some gunk or submerge it n a heavy degreaser

CLHillard · 06-30-2012, 06:33 PM

simple green worked wonders on mine when I sandblasted and painted it. I just sprayed it on and let it sit for a few seconds and it came right off. best part it simple green is bio-degradable and easy to rinse off.

redassassin72 · 07-01-2012, 12:44 AM

I used brake cleaner and degreaser and there was still sand and shit in the pcv valve and in the deep nooks and crannies. We ended up soaking it over night in a ton of soap water and then power washed it. worked like a charm

Holeshot_04 · 07-01-2012, 06:25 PM

I was told to never sandblast/bead blast valve covers. You'll never get all the sand/beads out.
I degreased mine first then I just used aircraft stripper to get all the old paint off. Then just rinse with water.

redassassin72 · 07-01-2012, 07:25 PM

we have done literally everything we can lol. we FILLED it with brake cleaner. and soaked it overnight. Hopefully its fine

FlyMikey · 07-02-2012, 06:20 AM

I let mine take a hot bath three times. When you pull it out you can see everything that came out. Just keep letting it soak till no more gunk is visible.

citrus3000psi · 07-02-2012, 09:49 AM

You need to blast it with compressed air too. Sand gets sticky when wet...so its not really just going to come off with just cleaners...

06-30-2012, 01:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
redassassin72 Member Real Name: Luke Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: St.Louis, Missouri Model: GSR Sedan Year: 1994 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sandblasted valve train cover problem Hi, i may be screwed here. Today i bead blasted my valve train cover. I sealed it fairly well but anyone with any experience with this will know that it gets EVERYWHERE. Problem being there was still a small amount of oil still left on the interior. Not very much but enough to gum up a tad. I Have been washing it for like 30 minutes and used brake cleaner and it is kindof coming off but there are some parts that i cant get to with the hose. WHAT DO I DO?! If that shit get in my engine i am double screwed. Help? we are soaking it in a soap solution. help...

06-30-2012, 01:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
95lscoupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: milwaukee, WI Model: Integra LS Year: '98 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Could you maybe soak it in acetone or like paint thinner? __________________ Brillos Tucked Integra Log

06-30-2012, 11:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
REDTEGTypeLS Member Real Name: Tegz Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northeast Bumblefuk, Pa Model: 1996 Acura Integra RS/ 2006 Acura RSX Type S Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Why not try a can of GUNK engine cleaner/de-greaser? Less than $5 bucks a can. Oil and grease melt right off of anything they are attached to with that stuff. __________________ 1994 Acura Integra LS - Sold 1996 Acura Integra RS 2006 Acura RSX Type S

07-02-2012, 09:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
citrus3000psi Senior Member Real Name: Dan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Brownsburg, IN Model: Type R Year: 1998 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You need to blast it with compressed air too. Sand gets sticky when wet...so its not really just going to come off with just cleaners... __________________ 98 Integra Type R - Running Log 88 Ram 50 w/4g63t - Under the Hood Video 04 Jeep Laredo

06-30-2012, 01:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
redassassin72 Member Real Name: Luke Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: St.Louis, Missouri Model: GSR Sedan Year: 1994 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	at a risk of sounding insane, if this soak dosent work i am going to cover it in lighterfluid or somthing very similar. maybe air craft cleaner

06-30-2012, 02:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Brandon93 Junior Member Real Name: Brandon Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Corbin Model: da9 Year: 93 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Use some gunk or submerge it n a heavy degreaser

06-30-2012, 06:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
CLHillard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Feedback Score: 8 reviews	simple green worked wonders on mine when I sandblasted and painted it. I just sprayed it on and let it sit for a few seconds and it came right off. best part it simple green is bio-degradable and easy to rinse off.

07-01-2012, 12:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
redassassin72 Member Real Name: Luke Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: St.Louis, Missouri Model: GSR Sedan Year: 1994 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I used brake cleaner and degreaser and there was still sand and shit in the pcv valve and in the deep nooks and crannies. We ended up soaking it over night in a ton of soap water and then power washed it. worked like a charm

07-01-2012, 06:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
Holeshot_04 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I was told to never sandblast/bead blast valve covers. You'll never get all the sand/beads out. I degreased mine first then I just used aircraft stripper to get all the old paint off. Then just rinse with water.

07-01-2012, 07:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
redassassin72 Member Real Name: Luke Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: St.Louis, Missouri Model: GSR Sedan Year: 1994 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	we have done literally everything we can lol. we FILLED it with brake cleaner. and soaked it overnight. Hopefully its fine

07-02-2012, 06:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
FlyMikey Senior Member Real Name: Mikey Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ohio Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I let mine take a hot bath three times. When you pull it out you can see everything that came out. Just keep letting it soak till no more gunk is visible.

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