Hey all,
Quick question for anyone who happens to have a way of doing this. Is there any good way to clean larger metal parts, such as ramps or habitrails, short of elbow grease and time? All of the smaller stuff winds up in the tumbler, but the bigger parts seem to be a bit of a time suck. Thanks in advance; greatl appreciated.
Luke
For habitrails I use scotch brite pads(the big green ones work very good) and for wire forms I use never dull metal polish.
Quoted from lukerp:Hey all,
Quick question for anyone who happens to have a way of doing this. Is there any good way to clean larger metal parts, such as ramps or habitrails, short of elbow grease and time? All of the smaller stuff winds up in the tumbler, but the bigger parts seem to be a bit of a time suck. Thanks in advance; greatl appreciated.
Luke
I spray them with Castrol Super Clean wait 5 minutes then rinse with warm water.
I know it's supposed to be a plastic polish, but I find Novus 3 on a rag to be a great metal cleaner/polish. Not much elbow grease or time required. Rag comes out black, metal comes out shiny. And it's much less caustic on your skin than most products designed to clean metal.
Bleech White for metal stuff. Scuzzy ramp / circuit boards go in the dish washer when the wife is away at a safe distance ( for me). Smaller stuff in the tumbler.
Quoted from cal50:cuzzy ramp / circuit boards go in the dish washer when the wife is away at a safe distance ( for me)
Wife talking to mother on phone: "I don't know, somethings up. He even unloaded the dishwasher today while I was at work - without me asking."
Quoted from vid1900:Wife talking to mother on phone: "I don't know, somethings up. He even unloaded the dishwasher today while I was at work - without me asking."
It not just the dishwasher~
I was flattening plastics in the oven and got a really odd look when she opened the door.........
Hey,
I've looked at soda/sand blasters before; if I had the air source to drive it, I might be more inclined to go that route. In regard to the SuperClean, how is that stuff relative to someone like Purple Power, which will eat plating on metal parts if it's on there too long?
Luke
Quoted from lukerp:I've looked at soda/sand blasters before; if I had the air source to drive it, I might be more inclined to go that route.
Yes, any kind of media blasting requires a LOT of compressed air. I've tried doing it with 3 cfm and I spent more time waiting for the compressor to catch up than I did blasting. 8 or 10 cfm should work well.
Quoted from lukerp:Hey,
I've looked at soda/sand blasters before; if I had the air source to drive it, I might be more inclined to go that route. In regard to the SuperClean, how is that stuff relative to someone like Purple Power, which will eat plating on metal parts if it's on there too long?
Luke
I haven't had any problems with it on plastics or metal, it works almost instantly.
Quoted from browne92:Yes, any kind of media blasting requires a LOT of compressed air. I've tried doing it with 3 cfm and I spent more time waiting for the compressor to catch up than I did blasting. 8 or 10 cfm should work well.
I have a 14cfm and would prefer more air, most cabinets recommend at least 18 cfm, which starts to get expensive. If you are only doing small pin parts as opposed to rusty dirty car parts then you can put up with waiting for air.
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