Degreaser

[johnr9q@yahoo.com]

For nuts and bolts, what do you recommend?

 

[Keith]

I use Simple Green close to full strength and in old and hard crusted green I boil in the solution.

 

[nkaminar]

Use the dishwasher. But only when your wife is not home.

 

[Merc Cruzer]

I have used the Harbor Freight degreaser for years and like it.

 

[rackops]

I've tried everything that I can buy locally, and the best I've ever used is gasoline.

Yes, I know, it's dangerous and has all sorts of other bad things (used to be a fuels safety officer in the military). But, it works really well. A little goes a long way and it can be used many times before it's no longer usable.

Using an old toothbrush and a mason jar of gas, along with a sacrificial baking dish, you can easily remove all the gunk off many nuts and bolts. Follow up with a good degreaser to remove the gasoline residue once clean.

Always wear PPE. Don't smoke while cleaning parts. Don't use the mason jar for food. Don't use the toothbrush for brushing teeth. Don't bake anything in the baking dish. Don't get it on your skin or in your eyes. Always properly dispose of any unusuable product. Don't allow it to atomize. Don't eat afterward until properly washing. Don't drink it. Don't wear good clothes. And other common-sense things as caveats.

 

[katy]

I use the old standby, stoddard solvent. aka varsol and various other names.

 

[Big hammer]

Recycle plastic coffee can and soak, give it a shake now and then, simple green or E-85 as it has 51-85 % ethanol using the safety advice in post #5

 

[ndnchf]

I've been using kerosene for 35 years. It works great, is safe and readilly available.

 

[Bob Bidonde]

I have been using Dawn detergent, lacquer thinner, acetone, gasoline, kerosene & Gunk.

 

[katy]

I have been using Dawn detergent, lacquer thinner, acetone, gasoline, kerosene & Gunk.

That's quite a mixture, are they all equal portions?

 

[Big hammer]

Katy LOL ��

 

[Klattu1929]

Diesel/Gasoline (50-50), acetone, brake Kleen, carb cleaner-1 gallon immersion with the basket, simple green.

 

[1crosscut]

Automotive parts stores carry a carburetor/parts cleaner in a one gallon can that has a parts basket with a handle inside of the can. Works great for soaking and cleaning bolts, nuts, small bits and pieces etc...

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Harbor Freight and Vevor offer inexpensive ultrasonic cleaners that can heat the detergent too. Around here we have a nice degreaser called Simply Awesome that is available at the dollar stores.

If you have a larger item that you need to clean, most of the quality foaming Oven Cleaners that come in an aerosol can do pretty decent and dissolving grease/sludge. Flush wih water afterwards.

 

[Canton_Model_A's]

There is this, That is the 1 Gallon can with basket:

https://gunk.com/product/gunk-parts-cleaner-with-drip-basket-cc3k/

 

[Tacoma Bob]

Harbor Freight and Vevor offer inexpensive ultrasonic cleaners that can heat the detergent too. Around here we have a nice degreaser called Simply Awesome that is available at the dollar stores.

If you have a larger item that you need to clean, most of the quality foaming Oven Cleaners that come in an aerosol can do pretty decent and dissolving grease/sludge. Flush wih water afterwards.

Yup I think its called Totally Awesome out here on the left coast. $1.25 at the Dollar Store as Brent mentions. I usually buy 4-6 quarts at a time. Really good stuff. I have had success with Purple Power too.