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Cheap and effective Parts washer fluid???

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 06 10:51 pm
by MrNorm
What do you use? Mine seems to have run out of steam. It's pretty ineffective at removing grease, I may as well run it under a tap!
90% of the time I use a trigger spray with gun wash and a toothbrush, which is very effective and I'm happy with, but occasionally I like to use the parts washer and immerse stuff completely.

Needs to remove grease (old and hard) and not leave crappy residue! Also not all evaporate out of the parts washer!

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 7:36 am
by latil
Paraffin works good. :lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 3:51 pm
by Blue
I use paraffin also...

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 6:19 pm
by MrNorm
Paraffin sounds like a popular choice!

Where can you get that from these days?

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 6:29 pm
by Blue
Bring a container round, I'll see what I can do....

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 8:49 pm
by Anonymous
we use red diesel or heating oil in work, its a s good as the original cleaning solvent and parrafin and easy to get hold off

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 9:25 pm
by Anonymous
I usually use tins of brake cleaner, just spray it on and wipe part clean.

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 06 9:45 pm
by MrNorm
sickfish wrote:I usually use tins of brake cleaner, just spray it on and wipe part clean.
yeah, that's similar to my gun wash (but more ??!) but not for immersing parts in (unless you have a sealed tank).