Whats your favorite parts cleaner?
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SuperClean (sold in purple gallon jugs), wearing solvent gloves
Blow off before stuff can start to rust
Then hose off with brake cleaner to remove residue
Wipe down with lacquer thinner prior to painting
Blow off before stuff can start to rust
Then hose off with brake cleaner to remove residue
Wipe down with lacquer thinner prior to painting
I usually use Toyota branded brake cleaner but it can get expensive if you need a lot of it. Other alternative... Purple Power degreaser?
diesel fuel. half the price of solvent, works just as well, readily available. bit more expensive now tho.
there is only one answer to this..... Latex gloves and cheap paper towels! Lots of them. then I choose brake cleaner and paper towels for the finish but that part is just an opinion.
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As per Mudrak, Easy Off.
Works well.
Diesel is better, especially on the hardened chunks, but Easy Off does a great job for what it is.
Works well.
Diesel is better, especially on the hardened chunks, but Easy Off does a great job for what it is.
oven cleaner or purple power
Oil Eater from O'Reilly Auto Parts. Comes in 5 gallon jugs. And it won't attack your skin like that purple power stuff (I would recommend gloves when using that stuff, it really irritated my skin, took several days for the severe redness to go away). Also one of those cheapo parts washers from Harbor Freight. I also use brake cleaner in the green aerosol can.
Mike who told you old ATF and brake fluid can clean a knuckle and birfield,please enlighten me.
Diesel fuel is a good cleaner too.need to wipe down or rinse with brake clean
I have used the Purple stuff and it's really good degreaser.
John
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^Just don't use it around anything black or blue anodized, like SImple Green, it attacks the finish and dyes it a different color.
Ruins nice SRAM and SHIMANO stuff nicely.
Other than that I use a Karcher Pressure washer hooked up to the hot water heater, some ZOTE soap ran through a cheese grater (not the kitchen one!), and 2 caps of simple green or purple power. Goggles and dust mask to prevent breathing in the mist/cleaner fluid (tears up your sinuses and lungs if you don't).
Ruins nice SRAM and SHIMANO stuff nicely.
Other than that I use a Karcher Pressure washer hooked up to the hot water heater, some ZOTE soap ran through a cheese grater (not the kitchen one!), and 2 caps of simple green or purple power. Goggles and dust mask to prevent breathing in the mist/cleaner fluid (tears up your sinuses and lungs if you don't).
I have been using "Odorless Mineral Spirits" from the paint department of the local big box home supply store.
It does a nice job as a general purpose solvent/cleaner and it's pretty safe and inoffensive to use.
It does not have a strong smell, some smell, but not strong.
I notice no particular irritation or discomfort to my hands for short exposure.
Still, I don't want long exposure. Use disposable nitrile rubber gloves.
It's water clear.
It evaporates quick enough for your wiped down parts to dry out in minutes, but slow enough to have an open jar sitting on the bench for many days.
I tried lighting a puddle of it on the floor on fire and could not get it to burn. (it will burn soaked into a wick, like kerosene)
Basically, it consists of more highly refined kerosene.
It costs more than diesel fuel, but in small shop quantities the difference is negligible. I'm certainly not counting beans that small.
It does a nice job as a general purpose solvent/cleaner and it's pretty safe and inoffensive to use.
It does not have a strong smell, some smell, but not strong.
I notice no particular irritation or discomfort to my hands for short exposure.
Still, I don't want long exposure. Use disposable nitrile rubber gloves.
It's water clear.
It evaporates quick enough for your wiped down parts to dry out in minutes, but slow enough to have an open jar sitting on the bench for many days.
I tried lighting a puddle of it on the floor on fire and could not get it to burn. (it will burn soaked into a wick, like kerosene)
Basically, it consists of more highly refined kerosene.
It costs more than diesel fuel, but in small shop quantities the difference is negligible. I'm certainly not counting beans that small.
x2 with 5 gallon bucket
Outside:
Easy Off and a pressure wash at the quarter wash. Best method evar, also works on trannies and t-cases anything that gets caked with grease/oil/dirt.
Inside;
Toilet paper to muck out the majority of the stuff then a wipe with a shop rag. I don't bother with brake clean, your just going to fill it up with grease again anyway. It's amazing how much better toilet paper works than anything else for this.
Easy Off and a pressure wash at the quarter wash. Best method evar, also works on trannies and t-cases anything that gets caked with grease/oil/dirt.
Inside;
Toilet paper to muck out the majority of the stuff then a wipe with a shop rag. I don't bother with brake clean, your just going to fill it up with grease again anyway. It's amazing how much better toilet paper works than anything else for this.