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1. parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:36:03 EDT; I'm about to crank up the parts washer and was wondering what others folks were using. Someone suggested a mixture of Simple Green worked just as well as the normal solution. I saw something else at; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00524.html (7,564 bytes)
2. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:44:32 -0400; I use paint thinner. The $1.97 a gallon stuff. Doesn't smell bad, not too toxic, cleans very well. Simple green is for dirt, not grease. The purple stuff cuts grease but it eats skin too. -- Frank Cl; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00526.html (8,343 bytes)
3. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:37:58 -0700 (PDT); ah! Smatrt idea!!! but doesn't it evaporate fairly fast? hmmmm....maybe not, it stays in the brush-cleanong can for ages.. I have always used good ol' stoddards solvent like people have done since th; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00531.html (9,459 bytes)
4. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:17:40 -0400; I have been impressed with Simple Green's ability to cut grease. I take parts, throw them in a bucket and then let them soak in it overnight. I did this with an aluminum manifold from a Merkur Scorpi; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00534.html (7,963 bytes)
5. RE: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:48:37 -0700; I use Paraffin, K1 water clear, about $1.50 a gallon. ah! Smatrt idea!!! but doesn't it evaporate fairly fast? hmmmm....maybe not, it stays in the brush-cleanong can for ages.. I have always used goo; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00536.html (8,216 bytes)
6. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 05:32:42 EDT; I have used kerosene, which does a good job and is not really volatile. But you have to be sure you dry your parts off and coat them with a coating of DW40 or similar because parts will rust after b; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00538.html (7,789 bytes)
7. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:33:22 -0400; - - - - - - - - - I use odorless mineral spirits (paint thinner) with a small amount of motor oil or ATF in it. It works great. I have a 20 gal washer and use 10 gal of thinner and a half quart of oi; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00548.html (7,740 bytes)
8. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:51:43 -0400; Do you recommend that straight-up with a twist, or shaken with 2 olives? jay fishbein wallingford, ct Home of "The Innocenti Project" 61 Innocenti 950 Spyder 63 Pink Sprite MkII 74 RWA Midget 38,000; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00550.html (8,298 bytes)
9. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:51:48 -0600; I WAS using Gunk brand parts/carb cleaner that comes in a one gallon paint can with a little dipping basket. After about a year it ate through the can and made the garage into an unexploded bomb. It; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00565.html (8,131 bytes)
10. FW: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:06:06 -0400; Be careful! Simple Green is GREAT stuff, but, if you leave aluminum parts in for too long, they will come out blackened (don't ask me how I found out). You can clean the black off, but, it is a bear; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00581.html (8,135 bytes)
11. Re: parts washing solution (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:45:29 -0400; Do not use the "water soluble" crap they sell in the auto supply houses!!! It is an alkaline base stuff you mix with water (shoulda been a clue right there!). It doesn't work.....at all. Geoff Branch; /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00582.html (8,345 bytes)

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