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 mountainbug
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:49 PM |
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cleaning cases, box, pan, beam
What's best to use apart from degreaser, to bring em up to new near?
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:07 PM |
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i used kero in the kompressor kero gun to blast a 40 year old motor & box to respectability. a bit of peterol in the mix can help with those
stubborn stains...
the neighbours then dobbed me in for noise and fumes......
there is a caustic degreaser avail that dosent smell or you could make your own from caustic soda......... if using strong stuff keep hosing down the
woirking area. alloy discolours too so a bit of polish (autosol) will bring it back...
I wonder if a weak acid works as well, could water down battery acid.... |
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 09:20 PM |
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oven cleaner works a treat on built up engine and road grime, but it will etch paint and alloy.
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 09:42 PM |
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i just used kerosene and a toothbrush 
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64vwmark
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 09:50 PM |
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Take care with caustic soda and any acids with aluminium because it will dissolve readily in both. Also when handling acids and caustic soda, you
should always wear gloves and adequate eye protection.
Personally I think the Kero and petrol option is the safest and best method.
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 09:54 PM |
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I've used the kero gun but had pretty poor success
personally I think putting petrol in the mix is a bad Idea because as we all know petrol vapour and a spark from you compressors electric motor =
KABOOOOOM!!
Most of the time the only way to get 40 year old deposits from my bug was scraping them off with a chisel and a wire brush.
Goddamn Im glad its almost over.
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helterskelter400
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 09:58 PM |
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after you've been breathing the kero/petrol mix, an explosion is the furtherest thing on your feeble hydrocarbon soaked mind..... |
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| posted on March 29th, 2005 at 09:44 AM |
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High pressure water jet is good for the first chunky crappy layer
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| posted on March 29th, 2005 at 01:31 PM |
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A steam gun is handy!!!
I also used degreaser in a can (not cheap stuff) and a little elbow grease and she came up looking pretty good. A coat of paint on the tinware and i
could've sold it as new!!!
Stubborn stuff i got out a easy going peice of sandpaper, but i did paint it afterwards.
Then prevention is better than a cure too... just ask a Chiro!!!!!
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| posted on March 29th, 2005 at 05:49 PM |
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Yeh steam guns are meant to be great othewise degreaser with a high pressure hose works pretty well at getting thick grime and junk off. Sandblasting
after degreasing can also bring things up really nicely, although some things will need to be re anodized or they'll rust.
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| posted on March 30th, 2005 at 08:00 PM |
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Ok
kero could be a starter, but probably need something a bit more agressive to fight the crap.
what about a cleaner that will bring aluminium, cast to near new, to buy off the shelf.
TRhanks
Johno
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