Cleaning Parts - Varsol, Kerosene or ? - What's best?

pertyfly · Post by **pertyfly** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:21 pm

Danno wrote:P.S. Shhhh, I don't want the Mounties riding up to my doorstop and throwing me in canadian Jail!

Would you prefer a US jail?!? *cringes*

Danno · Post by **Danno** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:22 pm

pertyfly wrote:
Danno wrote:P.S. Shhhh, I don't want the Mounties riding up to my doorstop and throwing me in canadian Jail!
Would you prefer a US jail?!? *cringes*

I'm too pretty for jail anywhere. I'd be traded for a carton of cigarettes at least once a day!

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:03 pm

funny about the shipping thing. I just sent a header to Hawaii, UPS ground. It got there in about 3 days. Much cheaper than air, now if I can just get one of those UPS amphibitrucks!

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:26 pm

i use simple green and a brush to clean parts/ works great.

fiater · Post by **fiater** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:04 pm

I've always used brake clean or carb cleaner. I used kerosene once at someone elses shop. Kero. didn't evaporate as well and I was told not to use it on spark plugs. I've used mineral spirits alot for painting houses and the nice thing about it, is that the paint settles out and you can pour clear spirits off the top to re-use. Then you can pour the sludge into cat litter to "dispose of properly" I don't know if grease and oil will settle out like paint does, but I'm going to give it a try.

fiater · Post by **fiater** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:05 pm

I've always used brake clean or carb cleaner. I used kerosene once at someone elses shop. Kero. didn't evaporate as well and I was told not to use it on spark plugs. I've used mineral spirits alot for painting houses and the nice thing about it, is that the paint settles out and you can pour clear spirits off the top to re-use. Then you can pour the sludge into cat litter to "dispose of properly" I don't know if grease and oil will settle out like paint does, but I'm going to give it a try.

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:14 pm

Brake cleaner and rubbing alcohol will dry those rubber parts out like now. They'll also eat many plastics. You gotta be darn careful with those.

Also, watch the flash points of your solvents. Stuff that has fumes is also great for giving mice cancer.

Mineral Spirits is used in many commercially maintained wash stations.