Two solvent questions....
- Bill Shields
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Re: Two solvent questions....
Probably never cleaned off when it was new
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Re: Two solvent questions....
Well, that would be me. I bought it from a guy who used it once for a little stationary engine project and didn't enjoy the hobby, so it was essentially new when I got it. At first I was diligent about cleaning the lead screw but as time went by I got sloppy about it.
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Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
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Re: Two solvent questions....
Not necessarily...most manufacturers goop things up with protectant oil, 99% of the time which never gets cleaned off by the first user. No matter how lightly used, you are not the first
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Re: Two solvent questions....
I use brake clean for many types of cleaning, and find it will cut most things. From big items to little ones, like rinsing the oil off a part I just machined. But a major down side for many of my applications is the power of the spray - way too powerful. My solution was to buy it in a gallon jug for just under $50. Not cheap, but similar to the cost of equivalent spray cans. Then I use a ZEP spray bottle from HD. But I only fill the bottle 1/2 because I don't use it too fast and it evaporates a little. It's easy to apply multiple squirts to clean heavy dirt, and doesn't get all over. Consider using it this way.
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Re: Two solvent questions....
Thanks, Asailwey. I'll remember that.
Greg Lewis, Prop.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.