[Farmall] cleaning solvents

[Robert L. Holtzer]

Gee, Bob!  Don't you feel safer??

Bob Holtzer

At 08:49 AM 8/23/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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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