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AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on October 19, 2016, 07:50:37 AM ---I hadn't thought of using one of those trigger, I'll look out for an old one. My mates mum used to make grey vegetables in one when we were kids ;)
I had to clean some su carbs from a rover 2000, last weekend which had the float chambers half full of petrol tar as they'd sat for 15yrs, boiled the parts in plain water in an old saucepan. It all swelled and came off in about 10 minutes.
Proprietary carb cleaner uses acetone as far as I know, used to be supplied as nail varnish remover amongst other things but used in fibre glass work etc.
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One of my fathers day pressies was 5l of acetone off eBay... sad or what :) . I think the banned stuff was a mixture of solvents including Methylene Chloride. Worth a try with std thinners from autojumbles at 5 quid for 5 litres. Pressure cooker sounds like a good idea Trigger. I think combinations of solvents, boiling, blasting & ultrasonics is what the pros' use. Ultrasonic cleaning, on it's own, never seems to work for me and I have access to 4 massive ones where I work and a a 45 litre one of my own
Trigger:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on October 19, 2016, 07:50:37 AM ---I hadn't thought of using one of those trigger, I'll look out for an old one. My mates mum used to make grey vegetables in one when we were kids ;)
I had to clean some su carbs from a rover 2000, last weekend which had the float chambers half full of petrol tar as they'd sat for 15yrs, boiled the parts in plain water in an old saucepan. It all swelled and came off in about 10 minutes.
Proprietary carb cleaner uses acetone as far as I know, used to be supplied as nail varnish remover amongst other things but used in fibre glass work etc.
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Are you telling me that vegetables are Not grey :) :) :)
K2-K6:
You're not putting the veg in with the carbs (now there's a food joke I nearly didn't spot) are you trigger?
That's a pretty useful father's day present Ash, I'd have been pleased with something like that. My father worked quite a bit with glassfibre, so just grew up with that as one of the background smells.
For years we run an analytical chemistry lab within a factory and everything was steamed to clean it in there. All the vessels and aperatus with whatever was on them were kept clean using that method, including any tarring.
Glenzil:
I've had a go with the cleaner now and tried a variety of home made cleaning fluids including water/fairy liquid, water/morrisons multisurface cleaner, water/dissolved dishwasher tablet. The best result I had was with the dishwasher tablet. I found that a couple of 15min blasts worked well enough to clean the body, it seems to clean the side facing the bottom of the bowl best. I assume this is where the transducer is. Overall its pretty good for the money, its sold as a 2L capacity but its more like 1Ltr. The next one up is 3L which is also more powerful so would probably be better [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Green1:
I think I will just stick with using the dishwasher or if there really bad boiling them on the hob with a dishwasher tab as its not failed yet.
Mick
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