How would you suggest cleaning these valve covers??

Eastwood Catalog has blast media available:

https://search.eastwood.com/search?ts=custom&w=blast media

 

before and after.

 

Our dishwasher at our house has 2 hands. We don't have one of those fancy machines in our house...

 

Well good luck sneaking those parts past the dishwasher then

 

~~8:30pm @ Pats house tonight after dinner~~

"Hunny .. the Boyz on V8 said to run these through the dishwasher. Lemme know when you're done with them and they're all nice and shiny. Ohh .. and Bring me a beer before you get started .."

 

Definitely not new junk part number is "69455" or "45569" (too depressed to go look right now) but very nice 1969 vintage valve covers (I have a very crisp NOS pair).

 

This , also my machine shop will bake them first to remove any grease / grime .


Idk why people always want to go to town blasting stuff ?? Ruins the finish .

DL

 

If you want to clean and not use something abrasive I suggest soda blasting or dry ice blasting. It will not alter the surface finish. Just clean it.

If you look for the new look I suggest glass bead blasting. Friend of mine used this on his vintage ironhead sportster and the primary cover looks like new

 

bead blasting will not hurt those covers.