[Farmall] cleaning solvents

[Jim Rohr]

Use Lacquer Thinner or MEK. It is stronger but wear respiration and thick
black rubber gloves. No Spark...

Jim 

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[mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bob Currie
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:49 AM
To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [Farmall] cleaning solvents

Seems like as far back as I can remember, we've always had a 5 or 10 gallon
tank of some kind to clean the greasy parts when we took things apart for
repair. Soaking them overnight and then using a hand brush to remove the
crud usually did the job. Within the last 5 years, I've noticed the solvent
that I buy has less and less potency  and won't clean much of the grease.
The 55 gallon drum where I buy my solvent now says "mineral spirits" on it.
The guy at the parts house just shrugs and says "that's all we can get now
days".  I'm wondering if it like this all over the country, or just out here
in California where the EPA runs everything?  And what solution seems to
work the best?

bobcurrie
greenwood, CA


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