u/Immediate_Run_9117

Portland, Oregon, USA.
Working with a local transmission and torque converter rebuilder to restore rusty converters and parts so they can be painted and reused. They usually use a wire brush on a lathe to clean these, then they break them open at the welded middle and rebuild the inside, then re weld it together, paint and install .
The laser is able to work faster and get the part cleaner without smearing the metal around the welds.
I’m just getting started with laser restoration and I’m looking to find more clients that see its value. Around here, it’s a pretty new concept so educating the market is one of the challenges.
How do you convince the coach and horses driver that a car is what he really needs? He already has a dependable ride.
There’s where I am.
Any advice is appreciated.

I cleaned this part today and almost immediately it began to darken in places previously clean .
Is there something I can wipe a piece down with after I clean it to “seal” it from the elements until I deliver it? It happened to another piece recently as well.
Does anyone know what the acid the chemical do people use to at the em of their process? I think Thst is a sealant of sort.
Thank you!

Cleaning up some transmission parts for a new client that usually sends them out to a chemical dip. He agreed to try laser cleaning to see if it saved him time and money.
He was impressed by how quickly the rust and grease came off, and the parts didn’t have to leave his yard.
I’m hoping this is the beginning of a weekly stop.

Video follow up to my earlier post. Can anyone see what I could be doing g differently to make this go faster?

I have SDX 300w 5mj top hat. Im at 75% power here

Should I be at higher frequency?

I hadn’t done a stone work job before so I took what looked like a small one. A planter feature at the house that has some old nature on it. Dirt, plant debris, moss. It’s been a really mossy year here.

It’s. A shale wall with a pressed concrete top, Amd I figured it would take 5-6 hours to clean.

Once I got set up and found setting that worked well, I went after it.

Every piece needed a couple passes, and the debris would life fine but it didn’t appear to be getting all of it. I worked the laser for 7 hours and barely got half it done. I have to go back tomorrow to finish it.

It makes me think that when it comes to stone work, smaller maybe better. Statues, fireplace mantles, stone door facades. This large outdoor feature is a pressure wash job all day. I’m glad I learned the lesson but I won’t be making this my focus at all going forward.

On to the next.