<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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