^^Dawn detergent and hot water on anything you can. I liked mineral spirits in my washer a lot, but after a couple weeks it always reeked worse than diesel ever has.
When I pull whatever I cleaned, I blow it off with air. If its an engine block I rinse with water and then blow with air...but thats mainly to be sure I flush any remaining residue from the internal passages. Never noticed any problems with oily surfaces when done.
The Crown PSC 1000 Parts Cleaner is a parts washer solvent formulated to remove oil, grease, and grime from industrial parts and equipment. This industrial strength parts cleaner formula is specially blended for parts cleaning systems. Made of petroleum distillate, this Crown parts cleaner comes in a 5 gallon container and is made for steel products. For assurance, the steel parts cleaner has a twelve month limited warranty. The Crown parts cleaner removes oil, grease, and grime from industrial parts and equipment Specially blended for parts cleaning systems The industrial strength parts cleaner formula is made of Petroleum Distillate Parts cleaner size: 5 gal. Meant for steel products 12 month limited warranty on the steel parts cleaner offers assurance I got this from Tractor Supply website.
Straight kerosene for me. No parts washer but a pump action sprayer and a large drip tray. Surplus evaprorates and just scrape the crud out of the tray at the end of the session.
Funny thing my buddy swears by - the green stuff - if your car wash has it for a degreazer setting - he says he can get about 5 gallons of it for a few quarters. He's been busted by the car wash owner before though....
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Old post but I worked in one shop where their "solvent tanks" would cause me to get flush in the dace when I stuck my hands in to wash parts. I don't like the expense of safety Klean but if you have one of their green tanks in your shop the inspectors who come in clipboard in hand don't even go over and look at them . It's funny now but the OSHA inspector I caught digging in my tool box in the mid 70's and about laid a tire iron alongside his head went right past the open solvent barrel on my work bench and was only looking through my box for an air hose blow gun that didn't meet OSHA specs. He did find out how close he came to servere body harm and got a royal ass chewing and kicked out of the building by the owner's brother. This thread is getting to be more Good info on what not to use than what to use.
"This thread is getting to be more Good info on what not to use than what to use" & that has value, too. Marcus...
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I had my home heating oil delivery guy fill mine while he was there, which is basically diesel. When that reached the end of it's life I switched to CRC parts wash solvent sold in a 5 gallon bucket. It was more money but it works better and doesn't stink like the fuel oil.
A friend used diesel. When his shop flooded with 4' of water the diesel floated on the top as a slick and when the waters receded it coated EVERYTHING on its way down, made the clean up much worse. I use Zep parts washing solvent mixed with some of the stuff from Northern Tool in mine.
?? Nobody has posted that diesel fuel exposure is harmful to your health: Skin and eye irritation that can cause rashes and reactions Respiratory disease and lung cancer Bladder cancer Central nervous system disorders Dizziness and drowsiness Fainting Headaches and nausea
So does just about everything that we use or eat. Remember when drinking coffee out of polystyrene cups was going to give you cancer. As a career truckdriver of 40 plus years I've drunk a lot of instant coffee from those cups, usually double strength, and at 66y.o. so far have dodged that bullet.
I wouldn’t use any parts washer that used a petroleum based solvent without wearing gloves. I doubt diesel is any better or worse, health wise, than the common washer solvents.
I spent 19 months on physical security duty at an Army special weapons depot with the standard Army protective gear (read none) I'm 72 and don't glow in the dark - yet. But that doesn't mean I won't down the road. Point is current safety rules and precautions are in place for a reason. They might not have been in effect back in the day but they certainly have their place now. JMO.
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