[SEL] bead blasting valve stems

[Peter Lowe]

Bill, I would just light emery polish the stems or use a wire wheel on your 
grinder, good as anything.

Some people are hell bent on bead blasting everything, in some cases 
destroying the original object.
I really hate it when you go to a swap meet and the seller has bead blasted 
everything to make it look clean. I collect Stanley planes and some sellers 
bead blast the whole plane rendering it of NO value to me or any other 
collector.

Polish the stems, grind the valve faces and seats and put it back together.

My $0.02 worth
Peter, Oz



> whats the rule on cleaning up automotive valve stems ? seems like i 
> remember
> someone saying not to bead blast them,,,, i've seen machine shops chuck em
> up in a lathe and use emery cloth,,,, i dont have access to a vibratory
> cleaner,,,,,,,, any ideas ?
> bill boyce
> lost prairie, arkansas