home made carb cleaner

2,078 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 4 Apr 2006, 11:05 am

#471493

a thread on carb cleaners was mentioned in another post

Mantara seeking TSP chemicals to clean carbs.

I also am seeking a similar product or experiences.

I am not looking for a cleaner in a can. I have some old carbs that are quite stained and gooey and want to s-o-a-k them in something to bring them up all shiny.

The stuff I used to 'still up would've been good...

What ideas?

Google combos have not been my friend...

kkk

[ Edited on 4-4-2006 by koolkarmakombi ]

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Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 4 Apr 2006, 11:27 am

#471501

i always just soak the carb in some general thinners.

get the old toothbrush out with stiff bristles and give it a good scrub....comes up prett good.

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ctefeh Wolfsburg Wizard

479 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 4 Apr 2006, 12:05 pm

#471508

Try Fabre Australia (Sydney). They used to have at some stage a cold carb cleaner, but if my memory serves, in a 20 Litre drum. I have no idea whether they still have this. For some reason the name "Decarbomax" keeps popping into my head.

Externally, I've seen stunning results on crappy brit bike carbs using vapour blasting. I don't know whether the process is here in Australia yet.

Enjoy
Ctefeh.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 4 Apr 2006, 12:26 pm

#471511

Kero, soak for a day or two.

koolkarmakombi enkarmarising

2,078 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 4 Apr 2006, 2:10 pm

#471540

Ive 'heard' brewers cleaner too

I want nice bright shiny clean carbs.

What do carb shops use?

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76camper Fahrvergnugen

884 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 4 Apr 2006, 3:17 pm

#471555

i Think the brightest you will get carbs using solvents etc is a dullish grey. The alloy the carb bodies are made from oxidises. If you want sunglasses shiny your going to have to buff them up, or get them chromed unless there is some other miracle product out there that i missed out on when i was cleaning mine.

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matara Custom Title Time!

1,342 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Apr 2006, 3:21 pm

#471556

This is what I was looking at making:-

http://www.cyclepsycho.com/crockpot/crockpot.html

mainly for cleaning up non alloy parts, since TSP will change the colour of aluminum and alloy parts I've now learnt.

Looks like I'll be flicking carb cleaner all over the place with a toothbrush!

Cheers

Steve

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 4 Apr 2006, 6:50 pm

#471637

when i was in refrigeration we had a chemical called active shift for cleaning up condensers brought them up like new
i cleaned my carbs up with it before i rebuilt them and they looked better than the brand new one on dads trike
very harsh shit though needs to be washed of straight away or u will have no carb left lol

Joel

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 4 Apr 2006, 6:56 pm

#471642

px-24 or ardrox its the shit for removing carbon and gunk its like wd40s bigger brother

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bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 5 Apr 2006, 9:39 am

#471894

i used a general degreaser from supacheap and soaked them in dilute solution..... veeery roookie error.... should have just asked 🙂

76camper Fahrvergnugen

884 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 5 Apr 2006, 1:56 pm

#471971

thinner will get most of it off, make sure you wear gloves tho.. not good for you.

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Vw nutter Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 5 Apr 2006, 5:29 pm

#472036

SERIOUSLY!!! if you look what carbie cleaner is made of it states "ACETONE" use this, simply go to super cheap and buy 1 or 2 litres of the stuff, you can buy it in cans but it turns out very exy, so i found out after 5 cans, so im telling you now get some acetone, which chemically eats carbon away. u might have to use a tooth brush to get some of it off, but other than that just chuck ya carbs in a bucket pour the acetone in and watch magicly how the crap comes off, well u might have to leave it soak for a while but they will be lean as they can be!
cheers

koolkarmakombi enkarmarising

2,078 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 5 Apr 2006, 7:41 pm

#472094

hah used to be carbon-tet fluid and xylene damn environment 😵

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