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Jul 13, 2008 | 06:43 PM

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blkbird

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Originally Posted by LS1C5Vette

I used a steel wire wheel on a drill and it took 5 mins

x2. I did this to clean off the material off the heads i took off.

Jul 13, 2008 | 06:53 PM

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i used a gasket remover, it was like a pad with alot of rubber studs on it and it goes on a die grinder. it took about 3 min and worked like a charm, and dont forget about brake cleaner too

Jul 13, 2008 | 08:38 PM

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i used a gasket remover, it was like a pad with alot of rubber studs on it and it goes on a die grinder. it took about 3 min and worked like a charm, and dont forget about brake cleaner too

You got a pic of what that looks like?

Jul 20, 2008 | 02:47 PM

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http://www.3mestore.com/scotch-brite...disc-2-in.html
bought one of these...will attach it to my corless drill should work well and not hurt the aluminum

Jul 20, 2008 | 08:53 PM

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http://www.3mestore.com/scotch-brite...disc-2-in.html
bought one of these...will attach it to my corless drill should work well and not hurt the aluminum

should be good to go with this 3m wheel correct?