Technical Degreasing cooked on engine oil

My O2C....... Did you ever get into powder coating? we've touched on that before..... I'de crank it up to 450-500, and let it bake some. That is if you've got an oven....(discussed).
If your household oven can kill baked on, splattered on, **** flying everywhere, and just leave "dust" to wipe away, i'de think it would be feasible......
BUT- sometimes, different measures call for different actions......
So- Comes down to cost in the cheapy world....= Grab a curb side oven(electric). people toss them out daily for a gas unit. You'll need a 220 circuit. Now= you can bake crud, powdercoat at will, and throw some popcorn on the burners while your waiting for things to "cure". Actually have done that! Why pay someone for services/your time, when you can score for pennies, and have a multi use tool! Start scrounging!

 

Alan , I can’t believe you posted this on here! Folks are going to think I was soaking my parts in that! . Lol



Bones

 

No, you were correct. I was going doing the baking in a flea market oven. Throw some casters on it , add a long cord and roll it outside. Then I started reading about the hot tanks and went down that rabbit trail.

 

we've got you all screwed up, now

 

HAHA!
This is funny. This guy asked the same question for his Caddy 8 years ago. Maybe it's the Caddy norm?
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/home-made-hot-tank-stupid.557760/

 

Step up & spend the money. Do the job right.
Get the parts baked at an automotive machine shop.

 

For small parts I’ve had great luck with a crock pot full of pinesol. No reason it wouldn’t work on a bigger scale.



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It's not a matter of spending the money. It's being able to mul***ask, I have a ton of small parts that would need cleaning. Having a hot tank at the house would help tremendously.
Real caustic vats are virtually like unicorns now. Everyone has a jet washer, but they don't work unless it's for a new aluminum production engine, which a 62 Cadillac is not. I am not saying an oven wouldn't work, but for stamped steel parts, I wouldn't think they would keep their shape very well. Depends on the temperature I suppose.

 

The man said the gunk was a 1/2 " thick . I can't imagine any water based cleaner that would work with just soaking..Maybe if it came out of a pressure washer.
I don't think anyone mentioned soaking them in kerosene or heating fuel, which of course is oil based. Maybe figure out how to agitate the container after a few days.

 

I have s****ed the majority of the loose stuff. It would be nice to drop in a few parts while I do other stuff. That way, when I finally get around to taking it to the machine shop, I don't have to wear a full body tyvek suit.

 

The shop I use happens to be a couple of friends of mine, they have many options for cleaning, jet washer, hot tank, sonic tank for aluminum and even a tumbler, everything thay do comes out free of old paint and grease.