Pinesol is great for removing tough varnish in carbs. It's pretty aggressive, though. I once made the mistake of putting carb end covers in the basket with the carb body and it messed up the plating. When in doubt, I use Dawn and water.Pinesol
Pinesol is great for removing tough varnish in carbs. It's pretty aggressive, though. I once made the mistake of putting carb end covers in the basket with the carb body and it messed up the plating. When in doubt, I use
Dawn and water.
I use dawn for plastics, general cleaning.
For heavy degreasing, Purple Power or Simple Green (whichever was on sale). +1 on being careful ‘cause they’ll dull plastics.
For carbs, I put them in a jelly jar filled w/ Marvel mystery oil (which I reuse). MMO is mostly petroleum detergents, has worked well so far. I have a can of sea foam to try in the same way when the MMO gets too dark for my taste.
Sorry—I should have been more specific... I use those combinations in my US Cleaner. I do the “carb in a jar” thing because I like to use petroleum products to clean petroleum residue, but I don’t want to buy a gallon, and I don’t want to have to clean the entire cleaner after use. Using water+whatever when I’m using the whole tank (cylinder, plastics, etc) makes for easy clean up. When I do the jar of Marvel, I set the jar in a water-filled US cleaner.
Interesting and practical. Anyone know if the ultrasound is as effective after traveling through glass and a second interface with the solvent?
I can still see stuff come out of the orifices in the jar. And can see any dirt/particles dance in the bottom of the jar. Works for me.
What ratio on the Mean Green?
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