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| ctc911ctc |
 Feb 3 2025, 07:44 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 975 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States 
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I started cleaning parts. In the old days: Coffee Can, gas or similar, let it sit, pour it out and done. My sons bought me a ultrasonic heated parts cleaner - 1/2 gallon size. It came with mysterious white powder, not sure it does anything, I then watched a video on the best agent to put in your ultrasonic parts cleaner, price vs. effectiveness and the winner was Tide Pods! For 914 re builders - what do you use to get the best parts results - grime and rust are our enemies. What should I use for my 914 parts! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| TheRuttmeister |
Feb 4 2025, 11:49 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 24-October 23 From: San Francisco Member No.: 27,680 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(technicalninja @ Feb 4 2025, 05:15 PM)  I believe the Purple Power and its variants are lye based. No, its a modern surfactant. Lye is sodium hydroxide, which would have destroyed my cotton T-shirts and my skin. Its seriously nasty stuff. |
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| Superhawk996 |
Feb 5 2025, 06:30 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,713 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(TheRuttmeister @ Feb 5 2025, 01:49 AM) QUOTE(technicalninja @ Feb 4 2025, 05:15 PM) I believe the Purple Power and its variants are lye based. No, its a modern surfactant. Lye is sodium hydroxide, which would have destroyed my cotton T-shirts and my skin. Its seriously nasty stuff. Both lye and purple power are 13 pH and are strong enough to strip anodizing off Aluminum. There is a warning on Purple Power bottle label not to use on aluminum wheels because of its ability to strip anodizing. Beware. Look at MSDS sheets if you aren’t sure what you are using. It will list pH. |
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ctc911ctc Parts Cleaners - New to the concept Feb 3 2025, 07:44 PM
mepstein We use a heated parts washer that can hold an engi... Feb 3 2025, 08:05 PM Ishley I have a similar setup to yours. I typically use s... Feb 3 2025, 08:31 PM gereed75 Give the Pods a try. Should work. Pretty much al... Feb 4 2025, 09:04 AM
ctc911ctc
Give the Pods a try. Should work. Pretty much a... Feb 4 2025, 09:22 AM DennisV
For 914 re builders - what do you use to get the ... Feb 4 2025, 09:34 AM 914sgofast2 I have found that Dawn dishwashing liquid soap wor... Feb 4 2025, 11:49 AM 930cabman
I have found that Dawn dishwashing liquid soap wo... Feb 4 2025, 12:39 PM technicalninja The chemical composition of Dawn has changed over ... Feb 4 2025, 02:19 PM mepstein You can buy dawn professional on Amazon. Not cheap... Feb 4 2025, 02:47 PM TheRuttmeister For grime:
'Purple Power' industrial degr... Feb 4 2025, 06:14 PM rhodyguy The tide pods will dissolve better in hot water, j... Feb 4 2025, 07:11 PM technicalninja I believe the Purple Power and its variants are ly... Feb 4 2025, 07:15 PM |
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