I normally use a plastic blade for tinting windows to clean a lot of the gasket material off, then a razor blade to get the hard stuff then follow it up with a 3M rotory bristle looking thing but I threw my last one away(worn out) and dont remember the PN on it. What does everyone use and does anyone know what the attachment Im looking for is called or where to get it. I dont even remember where I got mine it was so long ago. Im going to have to pull my heads here shortly to swap lifters so Ill need to be ordering these here soon.

 

Here is what use.

 

If its the ones im thinking of (flat disc that threads into adapter) then i think you can get them from any part stores..

When i pulled my a head off last i used some green scotch brite to clean everything up...

 

What Im talking about is what Corey posted, but mine was blue. It worked awesome and would scratched the soft *** aluminum on the heads. Any idea where I can get those or what exactly it is called then Im sure I could find it.

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=3m+ro...ient=firefox-a

 

I use the green ones. i could send you one. or if in a hurry, fastenal is where we get ours.

 

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...0200766&ucst=t

 

Yeah Im in no hurry, if you want give it to Corey i can snag it from him at the SAR meet on the 26th Id appreciate it.

 

I use either the yellow or green 3M thingies (I'm all out of green, and they come in white also, depending on the application), or the "oatmeal cookie" discs...but the cookies can grind right through the block, and definitely through the aluminum head, if you're not careful and stay in one place too long. I always used the oatmeal cookies before they came out with the safer bristle style

 

I use a razor blade to roll off the thick stuff, follow that up with the old style cookie disk, then soak it all down with WD-40 and use red scotch-brite... This works on iron or aluminum, and will make the surfaces look freshly machined. Remember, you don't want the gasket mating surfaces perfectly smooth or polished looking because it will give the gasket nothing to "grab" and will leak...

Always remember grind one head bolt down on one side and clean the threads, and give the gaskets two light coats of permatex copper spray before you drop them on.