[Farmall] cleaning solvents

[Bielke]

Bob   Mineral,spirits is what I have used for several years.  It takes a
little longer to get the crud of but it is easy on the hands and the
environment.  Just my 2 cents from upstate NY where the EPA Gestapo is
always looking over our shoulder.  Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Currie" <tractors at foothill.net>
To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 11:49 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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