Ball Hone Abrasive and Grit

I have a very small amount of rust in a cylinder sleeve on my KB.

Was going to buy a ball hone to dress the cylinder wall up.

Can you help me out with an abrasive type and grit?

Brad Hiatt

 

Wipe it out with liquid wrench and finish it off with oil if it is a small amount of rust works great on surface rust

 

I went to an auto paint supply shop and bought some 3m scotch pads, the brown one I found worked best, with some kerosine polished them up absolutely mint, wiped in with some inox also, I find this is better than wd40, for you guys inox is made in australia so not sure in you have it in the US.

 

OwnBlock, what makes that inox better & what does it do differently. Are the contents much different?

 

Hone

I have a ball hone, have no idea of grit, it is old. But with a 1/2 drill with WD40 on reverse rotation does a excellent job. Wipe it with break clean and wipe it with oil until the shop towels wipe clean. I have never had a bad leak down or cyl. pressure . You just have to figure out the speed for the cross hatch pattern. Not that hard. What would you do if you only have to fix one or two cylinders? Good luck Don

 

Thanks for the feedback. I am off to try a borrowed ball hone from a fellow ITA member.