Parts cleaner
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A list of products and recipes for cleaning or degreasing parts. Might need to separate into lists of commercial brand-name products and generic solutions.
- Acetone
- Antifreeze, heated antifreeze, or a 50-50 antifreeze/water solution
- Brake parts cleaner
- Carburetor cleaner
- Castrol Super Clean
- Cooking oil
- Crown PSC 1000
- Diesel fuel
- Diet Coke -- may be a myth
- Engine Brite
- Extreme simple green
- Greased Lightning
- Gunk degreaser
- Kerosene
- Hot water
- Lacquer thinner
- Lestoil
- Liquid dish soap
- MEK (Butanone)
- Mineral spirits
- Oil Eater
- Oven cleaner
- Penetrating oil
- Pressure washer
- Purple Power
- Red Devil Lye
- Safety-Kleen
- Simple Green
- Sodium hydroxide solution, also known as "caustic" or "caustic soda" (what ratio?)']
- Toilet bowl cleaner
- Trisodium phospate (TSP)
- Varsol
- Wal-Mart SuperTech Cleaner
- WD-40
- Zep's Driveway Concrete & Masonry Cleaner
- Zepunch engine degreaser
[edit] Cleaning aluminum parts
Info on risks of certain parts cleaners to aluminum parts goes here.
[edit] Need to review
- http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=94624
- http://www.stingerchemicals.com/products/degreasers.html
- http://simplegreen.com
- http://www.zepcommercial.com/products.asp?category=3
- steam cleaner alternative
- http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/chassis-suspension-parts-cleanup-proceedure-83633.html
- http://www.clean-rite.com/
- http://www.zepcommercial.com/products.asp?category=3
- http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Default.aspx?tabid=146
[edit] References
- http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/carbureater-cleaner-161433.html
- http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/carb-cleaner-alternatives-128403.html
- http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131472
- http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/can-anyone-recommend-good-degreaser-88337.html
- http://www.turbododge.com/forums/f4/f15/73822-engine-degreaser.html

