Cleaning Solvent.

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armscor 1
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Cleaning Solvent.

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Watching Adam Booth on YouTube and he cleans mating parts with solvent in a large pressurised container before applying Loctite, just wondering what he uses.I clean with contact cleaner which works out very expensive.
Any ideas appreciated.
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I use either starting fluid or acetone.
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Loctite makes a primer. Kind of pricey also but speeds up curing time especially in cooler weather.
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Tom1948 wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 5:04 pm Loctite makes a primer. Kind of pricey also but speeds up curing time especially in cooler weather.
You should still clean first.
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acetone - not the stuff your wife buys at the drug store - is a good cleaner.

Primer is great, but so is a heat lamp....
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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Thanks Guys, ordered 1 Gallon 100% pure Acetone for the price of one can of contact cleaner!
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I use cyclo carb cleaner, which is expensive, and compressed air, which is cheap.
Just a tiny squirt of cyclo, then blow it off before it can evaporate.
Fast, easy, cheap.
A gallon of acetone? Does your insurer have anything to say about that? Good stuff but be careful with it.
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Henkel says that primer does more than just speed curing and that it is required on some materials including stainless steel.

https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www ... X66beq3T3g

They also appear to have a number of different activators and primers.
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The only real goal is to make sure there is no oily residue to prevent bonding of the sealer.

I just today put together a number of parts that were cleaned with commercial acetone before application of either Anaerobic, Ultra-Black, or Right-Stuff depending on purpose. But all cleaned to bare metal shine, and then wiped down with acetone. I've also frequently used chlorinated brake cleaner (non-chlorinated seems to leave a residue) or carb cleaner depending on what was handy. Today I had out the acetone because I had a lot of things to assemble.

FYI, do NOT use chlorinated brake cleaner to clean parts before welding! It actually takes some dedicated effort to get the stuff now due to phosgene risk and environmental regulations. But for now, they still make the chlorinated.
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liveaboard wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:04 pm...A gallon of acetone? Does your insurer have anything to say about that? Good stuff but be careful with it.
Maybe different regulations en EU, but here a gallon of undiluted acetone can be had just about anywhere. I doubt it is any more dangerous than a bunch of other chemicals in the shop.

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