<VV> Parts washer fluid

George Jones georgedjones at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 08:32:37 EST 2007


I've got a 5 gal. can of Varsol with a screened bucket in it. Works fine for
what I need it to do.

On 3/30/07, Edelstein and Payne <eandp at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>    I just use some stuff that I bought in a five gallon can from Advance
> Auto.  Don't remember what it was called.  Don't actually have a parts
> washer, but just a solvent tank that I let stuff sit in. Let aluminum parts
> sit for days/weeks and had no problems.
>     I can tell you, probably because of environmental concerns, the parts
> cleaners you can get these days don't work anywhere near as good as stuff
> you could get 10+ years ago.  That stuff probably had cholrinated
> hydrocarons (mixtures of carbon tet and other compounds) and would really
> strip oil and grease off of most stuff.  However, it's pretty volatile and
> the halogens (chlorine) are not good for the ozone.  So today we soak stuff
> for a week and then use LOTS  of elbow grease (something that is not always
> easy to get out of an 18 year old kid--- my son).
>
>                Travis Payne      65 Monza coupe
>                Raleigh NC
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