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Offline seebee750

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Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« on: January 31, 2006, 05:56:38 AM »
I wanted to work on my K2.
As luck would have it a nor'easter blew in, a real blizzard and my  1972 CB750 K2 was buried.
The temperature dropped to minus 29 overnight.
 So the next day I shoveled it out and brought it in to my warm shop. I took my rubber mallet to hit the frame to knock the snow off and to my surprise all of the dirt and grime shattered like glass and fell right off along with the snow and ice. This left a smooth clean surface. I was able to warm up the frame and paint it that day.
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Offline skamania19

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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2006, 06:14:24 AM »
Thanks, but I'll stick to the old fashioned way. You know, where water is actually a liquid.  ;D
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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2006, 06:55:50 AM »
Hey seebee- thats a good one. There are many phenomena unique to our Great White North - how about when its extremely cold  and liquids freeze instantly and you have to keep shuffling backwards when you leak outside.
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Offline 6pkrunner

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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2006, 07:51:04 AM »
Us Nordiners gotta slick setup huh? And during a hailstorm with gusts to 120kph, its a free sandblasting. ;D
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Offline gregk

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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2006, 12:56:01 PM »


seebee 750

Good thing you didn't stick your tongue on the frame while you were dragging it back into the shop.

One thing we must keep in mind when stating temperatures is at -40 both scales read the same.

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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2006, 01:14:35 PM »
My wife has some -80 degree freezers at work, not to mention the liquid Nitrogen. Hmmmmm

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Offline Bob Wessner

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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2006, 01:18:29 PM »
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My wife has some -80 degree freezers at work, not to mention the liquid Nitrogen. Hmmmmm

Careful, things can start to get pretty brittle at those temps. I wouldn't even think about liq. nitrogen.  :o ;D
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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2006, 01:19:57 PM »
At -40, spit becomes a lethal projectile!
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Re: Freeze dried frame cleaning discovered in Canada
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2006, 01:23:39 PM »
Upperlake, has anyone ever mentioned your uncanny resemblance to Alfred E Neuman?? ;D
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