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Gunk
Jul 16, 2023 19:32:30 GMT 1
Post by stusco on Jul 16, 2023 19:32:30 GMT 1
Ive ran out of engine cleaner and was wondering what everyone uses these days
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Gunk
Jul 16, 2023 20:38:53 GMT 1
Post by 4l04ever on Jul 16, 2023 20:38:53 GMT 1
I use Jizer
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Gunk
Jul 17, 2023 12:03:33 GMT 1
Post by reedpete on Jul 17, 2023 12:03:33 GMT 1
Diesel then brake cleaner for me.
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Gunk
Jul 17, 2023 12:51:28 GMT 1
Post by Gunny on Jul 17, 2023 12:51:28 GMT 1
gunk for me
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Gunk
Jul 17, 2023 14:06:36 GMT 1
via mobile
Post by chrisg on Jul 17, 2023 14:06:36 GMT 1
Screwfix's own degreaser, 5L Brake cleaner from Eurocarparts
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Gunk
Jul 17, 2023 15:55:39 GMT 1
Post by abar121 on Jul 17, 2023 15:55:39 GMT 1
No nonsense degrease from screwfix, but white spirit for the heavy stuff.
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Post by steve h on Jul 17, 2023 18:39:52 GMT 1
I cant be arsed cleaning anymore.... Van is nearly 8 and I aint cleaned it yet. EDIT It's a green issue..... water wastage. And it's a green issue as today I took some notice....and indeed the van is green....it's covered on one side in green moss/algae......
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Gunk
Jul 17, 2023 21:47:05 GMT 1
Post by donkeychomp on Jul 17, 2023 21:47:05 GMT 1
Brake cleaner and a Brillo pad.
Alex
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Gunk
Jul 18, 2023 17:48:20 GMT 1
Post by geoffb on Jul 18, 2023 17:48:20 GMT 1
WD-40 or Holts Brake & Parts Cleaner works for most of my jobs.
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Gunk
Jul 19, 2023 13:03:51 GMT 1
Post by steve63 on Jul 19, 2023 13:03:51 GMT 1
Diesel then brake cleaner for me. I have a parts washer that had 5 gallons of paraffin in it. It fell over in the hire van when we moved house a few years ago, oops . I dropped the van and keys off and got away quickly. Paraffin seems hard to get hold of so last time it needed a top up I used diesel. Like you, I do a final clean with brake cleaner. I buy it in a 4 or 5 litre container from these people: rchull.com/ The brake cleaner once used goes into a glass jar. It settles after a while and I pour it off into another jar for re-use.
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Gunk
Jul 19, 2023 13:34:39 GMT 1
Post by reedpete on Jul 19, 2023 13:34:39 GMT 1
Diesel then brake cleaner for me. I have a parts washer that had 5 gallons of paraffin in it. It fell over in the hire van when we moved house a few years ago, oops . I dropped the van and keys off and got away quickly. Paraffin seems hard to get hold of so last time it needed a top up I used diesel. Like you, I do a final clean with brake cleaner. I buy it in a 4 or 5 litre container from these people: rchull.com/ The brake cleaner once used goes into a glass jar. It settles after a while and I pour it off into another jar for re-use. Yep, I buy 5L of liquid cleaner and reuse just as you do. Put back to a sealed container and pour off after it’s settled out for reuse where virgin isn’t needed. I seem to use brake cleaner for far too many jobs… removing permerment marker pen is one.. starting the mower is another …occasionally I clean brakes with it 😂😂😂
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Post by steve63 on Jul 20, 2023 8:44:12 GMT 1
I have a parts washer that had 5 gallons of paraffin in it. It fell over in the hire van when we moved house a few years ago, oops . I dropped the van and keys off and got away quickly. Paraffin seems hard to get hold of so last time it needed a top up I used diesel. Like you, I do a final clean with brake cleaner. I buy it in a 4 or 5 litre container from these people: rchull.com/ The brake cleaner once used goes into a glass jar. It settles after a while and I pour it off into another jar for re-use. Yep, I buy 5L of liquid cleaner and reuse just as you do. Put back to a sealed container and pour off after it’s settled out for reuse where virgin isn’t needed. I seem to use brake cleaner for far too many jobs… removing permerment marker pen is one.. starting the mower is another …occasionally I clean brakes with it 😂😂😂 I have dozens of glass jars in the garage containing lots of different fluids. Occasionally I can't remember what it is in the jar (it could be white spirit, petrol, brake cleaner or maybe cellulose thinner) and have to give it a sniff. I remember our science teacher warning us against doing that in junior school. Never done me any harm.......... Sometimes I remember to label them. Cellulose thinner removes marker pen very well.
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Post by reedpete on Jul 20, 2023 9:08:44 GMT 1
All things are relative… sniffing a liquid is definitely better than drinking it without sniffing it first!
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red998
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Gunk
Jul 20, 2023 9:30:41 GMT 1
Post by red998 on Jul 20, 2023 9:30:41 GMT 1
I use Clarke degreaser and spray it from a paraffin gun or spray gun using a compressor. Works very well and I can rinse if off with water in the paraffin gun.
As above paraffin is quite hard to get hold of and the last amount I purchased was one litre for a paraffin lamp and it was pretty expensive.
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Gunk
Jul 20, 2023 12:51:41 GMT 1
Post by steve63 on Jul 20, 2023 12:51:41 GMT 1
I use Clarke degreaser and spray it from a paraffin gun or spray gun using a compressor. Works very well and I can rinse if off with water in the paraffin gun. As above paraffin is quite hard to get hold of and the last amount I purchased was one litre for a paraffin lamp and it was pretty expensive. That's what I found. I looked for larger amounts like 20/25L but gave up and went for the diesel instead. I should have maybe syphoned some out of our heating oil tank. It's kerosene but pretty much the same stuff as paraffin and probably about 80p a litre at the moment.
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red998
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Post by red998 on Jul 20, 2023 14:50:15 GMT 1
I use Clarke degreaser and spray it from a paraffin gun or spray gun using a compressor. Works very well and I can rinse if off with water in the paraffin gun. As above paraffin is quite hard to get hold of and the last amount I purchased was one litre for a paraffin lamp and it was pretty expensive. That's what I found. I looked for larger amounts like 20/25L but gave up and went for the diesel instead. I should have maybe syphoned some out of our heating oil tank. It's kerosene but pretty much the same stuff as paraffin and probably about 80p a litre at the moment. In years gone by I always felt that paraffin worked pretty well and if you have a central oil heating tank I can see that would help a lot.
Having a couple of compressors and a decent paraffin gun has worked for me for quite a while now. Having a decent compressor is a tool that will pay for itself.
When I was racing motorcycles I ran a side business mostly painting race bikes and I made a decent hobby out of it, the money that I paid for my compressor, which was the biggest you could get at the time, to run on single phase electricty more than paid for itself over the years, and it's still good after over 40 years of use!!!
The big advantage is I can spray paint a decent way and have painted many bikes and cars over the years. One of my cars even won a number (26) medals and trophies for my quality of work in terms of paint finish and engineering work.
I don't do this sort of thing now but I did fully paint my LC when I last rebuilt it. I used a custom black metallic to finish this bike and finished it with the red and silver decals of a later model as mine was originally the Mars bar red colour.
If ever there was a good tool investment it would be to get a decent compressor and it should be more than you can afford! It will always pay dividends.
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Post by steve63 on Jul 20, 2023 20:37:29 GMT 1
That's what I found. I looked for larger amounts like 20/25L but gave up and went for the diesel instead. I should have maybe syphoned some out of our heating oil tank. It's kerosene but pretty much the same stuff as paraffin and probably about 80p a litre at the moment. In years gone by I always felt that paraffin worked pretty well and if you have a central oil heating tank I can see that would help a lot.
Having a couple of compressors and a decent paraffin gun has worked for me for quite a while now. Having a decent compressor is a tool that will pay for itself.
When I was racing motorcycles I ran a side business mostly painting race bikes and I made a decent hobby out of it, the money that I paid for my compressor, which was the biggest you could get at the time, to run on single phase electricty more than paid for itself over the years, and it's still good after over 40 years of use!!!
The big advantage is I can spray paint a decent way and have painted many bikes and cars over the years. One of my cars even won a number (26) medals and trophies for my quality of work in terms of paint finish and engineering work.
I don't do this sort of thing now but I did fully paint my LC when I last rebuilt it. I used a custom black metallic to finish this bike and finished it with the red and silver decals of a later model as mine was originally the Mars bar red colour.
If ever there was a good tool investment it would be to get a decent compressor and it should be more than you can afford! It will always pay dividends.
The company who used to share our building refurbished the bank security screens, you know the ones that shoot upwards when a cashier presses the panic button? They work on compressed air. When the screens came in they would strip all the compressors, receivers and controls off them and dump them in a skip. That's where mine came from. The tank was the old one that work threw away when we bought a new one. Cost me nothing but time to build. I have painted all the small parts of my LC build but the bodywork was done by someone else. I agree with you regarding having a compressor. I couldn't get by without mine now. The little shot blasting cabinet is the same. I think of all the jobs I did in the past using a wire brush in a drill. Taking hours and still ending up with a sub standard result.
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