How much metal plating will honing take away?

2000FLSTF

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My cylinder has some scratches in it and I was wondering how much cylinder plating will be taken away with proper honing?

What is the proper hone and procedure for hoing these cylinders anyway?
 

Rich Rohrich

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A ball hone will not remove any measureable amount of plating, it will only degalzed the surface.

You'd need a Sunnen hone to remove an real material, and depending on the plating it may require a diamond stone.
 

2000FLSTF

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Rich Rohrich said:
A ball hone will not remove any measureable amount of plating, it will only degalzed the surface.

You'd need a Sunnen hone to remove an real material, and depending on the plating it may require a diamond stone.

Since I don't necessarily want to remove any real material, what brand or grit would you suggest?
 

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320 or 240 grit Brush Research ballhones will work great.
 
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