[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #909

[Iopsycheng@xxxxxxx]

I've been sort of half reading the run on the parts washer. I've had the same 
parts washer in use now for more that 6 years without any problems with the 
unit itself. I did got to another auto parts store and buy the flex brush about 
three days after I got the unit but other than that it is as new. I use a 
mixture of kerosene and a parts cleaning solution which significantly reduces the 
flammability. It does smell, but only when open. The drawbacks I have found 
are the solution I use is very sensitive to water, even the smallest amount 
will cause the cleaning solution to break apart (the kerosene and the solution 
separate like oil and vinegar) and then need to be replaced and the amount of 
gunk in the cleaner itself. The cleaning solution is very effective, almost as 
good as the commercial cleaner we have in our machine shop at work, but the 
grease and grunge removed from the parts ends up in the tank. I have tried a 
couple of simple filters with only limited success and since disposal of 11 
gallons of dirty flammable parts cleaning solution isn't cheap, tossing it isn't 
really an option. So far, the most successful solution has been to gently scoop 
out the sludge every few months. 
A word of caution. I bought one of the gallon cans of dip type carb cleaner 
(as sold in P.B., A.Z., etc.) to clean small parts. GREAT product, it will 
actually strip carbon off of a piston if you soak it... Only one problem... The 
solution must be slightly corrosive(?) because after about 18 months of sitting 
in my garage one morning I discovered a puddle of cleaner on my workbench and 
a pinhole in the can... I now have quite the growth in the particle board top 
of my workbench.
Thomas A. Gonnella 
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