[Farmall] cleaning solvents

[Robert L. Holtzer]

I tried oven cleaner on the front wheel of the F12, John.  It was amazing 
to watch -- the stuff lifted most of the paint with the first 
application!  I gather oven cleaner is largely lye or sodium hydroxide so 
it is best handled with chemically resistant gloves and goggles/glasses.

Bob Holtzer

At 02:07 PM 8/23/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>I've found that oven cleaner works pretty good, gotta let it soak a while
>and sometimes on really badly caked stuff it takes a second shot.  John
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Currie" <tractors at foothill.net>
>To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:49 AM
>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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