| Author | Message | ||
     Saintly |
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| Slaughter |
Just double-wash and you're good to go. Kinda helps to do some preliminary washing before you get into the dishwasher but yeah... sure works good for a complete de-greasing, doesn't it? | ||
| Birdy |
 She see this....well it was nice knowing ya! | ||
| Jaydub |
i can tell you i would be skinned alive if i was caught doing that | ||
| Saintly |
sure works good for a complete de-greasing, doesn't it? Sure does!! Stuff came out surgically clean! Clean enough to eat off of. (sorta like dishes) | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
fritz, now you just need some rye bread to give them parts a nice polishing....  | ||
| Saintly |
Seedless Rye , Gary! It's got to be seedless. Those seeds will scratch the hell out of the aluminum! | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
ahh yes the seedless rye. good thing you reminded me. that would have been a big mistake....... | ||
| Hammeroid |
Gotta tell ya, your ms paint skills have really improved. | ||
| Spiderman |
"Why does the steak taste like 30 weight?" | ||
| Brumbear |
try to make sure she isn't home when you put em in the drier I am sure they will make an awful racket | ||
| Pwnzor |
makes me want to install a dishwasher in my garage... hmmmm..... | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Isn't detergent corrosive to Aluminum? Or did you use something else? | ||
| Badlionsfan |
try to make sure she isn't home when you put em in the drier I am sure they will make an awful racket dish washer dries too. | ||
| Saintly |
Isn't detergent corrosive to Aluminum? I use cascade powder in the "pre-wash" dispenser and nothing in the main wash. I also stopped & removed everything before the dry cycle. Excellent results! | ||
| Jlnance |
Isn't detergent corrosive to Aluminum? It doesn't seem to do anything bad to aluminum cookware. | ||
| Jackbequick |
When I was gunsmithing in the 90's, millions of M1 Garands and Carbines were finding their way home to America from South Korea and other far off places. Restoring and repairing those was a steady source of income for me. Two of my mainstays for cleaning those up were Oxy-Clean in its original unscented, powdered form, and Easy-Off oven cleaner in both the brush-on liquid in bottles and in aerosol cans. Boiling 40 pounds or so of M1 parts in a big aluminum pot (that was not used for cooking food!) with a couple of scoops of Oxy-Clean would get stuff !clean!. I'd pour the water off, lay the hot parts on newspaper and they would air dry in a few minutes. Then I'd spray them all down with the CLP (Cleaner-Lubricant-Preservative) teflon/some kind of oil lubricant. A process like that would be perfect starting process for a basket case engine. For the Garands and Carbines, the end result, after some detailing with CLP, Q-Tips, and M-16 cleaning brushes was absolutely immaculate parts without any of the original Parkerizing (such as was left) removed or damaged. The Easy-Off was used on the stocks and other wood parts and several applications of it would remove all traces of oil and dirt from the stocks. The stocks were then re-oiled with linseed oil (as per the originals) and were a thing of joy to behold. The original inspection marks stamped into them would be visible, the service wear and dings could be seen, but the weapon was perfect example of a well used 50 year old masterpiece of American weaponry. As I moved on to selling those, I saw WW II and Korean War era vets standing open mouthed at tables at gun shows looking at these monuments to a couple of our Greatest Generations. I've seen grown men cry, and I've seen them checking serial numbers with shaking hands, wondering if they had found an old friend from times past. Old hunks of American iron come in various forms, the pan heads are just another good example of how those kinds of things can get into your blood... Jack | ||
| Thumper74 |
Jack, that is awesome. My great uncle flew a p47 in WWII and I've been tempted to paint my bike is the tiger mouth and his numbers... Both of my grandpa's passed away before I was born so he was a serogate grandpa and I loved hearing his stories... | ||
| Spdkls |
i've been working on cars and planes for years and every time i come on here, i learn something new. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I've got an old dishwasher in the guesthouse so madame isn't aware, & as we all know "what you don't know won't hurt you" (unless it's a steamroller coming up behind you) | ||
| Mm128 |
I am TELLING  Matt. | ||
| Crusty |
You know, a dishwasher is a great way to clean a helmet. It gets all the old sweat and hair oils out of the lining. Just make sure you shut off the drier cycle so nothing gets melted. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
easy off oven cleaner is also great for brake dust removal on wheels. | ||
| Brumbear |
My dishwasher is the Frauline so I don't think I am getting past her on that | ||
| Pammy |
We have a giant washing machine here for washing parts. The sprayer is a higher PSI than a home dishwasher and it heats to 180 degrees instead of 160. But everytime I pass by it, I think that a good old 3 arm maytag would be a good addition as well. Ours "washer" has an oil skimmer and the chemicals are a bit stronger so I think a lot more pre-washing would have to be done before you would put the parts into a dish washer. I did see a recipe for cooking fish in a dishwasher. Sounds yummy. | ||
| Jlnance |
But do you have to hide them from Wes when you wash them? | ||
| Pammy |
Hide what?...the fish? I haven't tried that yet. I am not one for poached or steamed fish. I wouldn't put anything but parts in our washer(No helmets, hats, etc...) the chemicals would not be good for that I am sure. It's about time to buy another new machine...Wes and I are discussing what that should be. Well, not the function of the machine but the amount of bells and whistles it should have... |
