Fifer
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 06:43 PM |
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Help, alloy cleaning
Anyone know how to get my side panel alloy looking good ? I think the glue or something from the plastic that was on it is causing it to look a mess.
I have used all sorts of cemicals on test pieces and it just smears.
Any ideas ?????????????
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Avoneer
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 06:48 PM |
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Meths worked for me.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 08:36 PM |
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Brake cleaner is pretty good for removing some stains and dries out without smearing. A bit stronger is carb cleaner , also evaporates leaving no
smears
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 09:24 PM |
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Auto glym 'Instant Tar Remover' gets all things sticky off of most surfaces...
Do a test patch first though :-)
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Avoneer
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 10:01 PM |
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Forgot about that - Wynns carb cleaner - cleans anything off anything. Did wonders with my cylinder head and is especially good for the bar code
lables on B&Q steel.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 10:13 PM |
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Sorry Pat, you are wrong, not even an angle grinder will get the barcode sticker off B&Q steel!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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gazza285
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| posted on 5/2/05 at 10:20 PM |
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Have any of you cleaned a carb with carb cleaner? I tried it once and it was squirting back out of all the nooks and crannies. In my eye straight
away, swelled up like Homer Simpson's, wife went off on one etc, etc.
Carbs were clean though...........
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tractorboy
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| posted on 6/2/05 at 12:04 AM |
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put it in the freezer and wait till it goes hard. no sorry my mistake thats for chewing gum! 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 6/2/05 at 08:44 AM |
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Mark, mark, mark - you have to try Wynns carb cleaner - it was designed for B&Q labels. Spray it on, let is soak and the label comes off clean and
smooth with one wipe of a cloth - honestly.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 6/2/05 at 10:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave Ashurst
On an economical note: so far as I know carb cleaner IS cellulose thinners (i.e. toluene and xylene in some proportion).
I found for general cleaning it's much more economical to buy a big can of cellulose thinners. For the same money you can buy 2 x wynns carb
cleaner aerosols or a 5 litre can of basic "gunwash" cellulose thinners. In fact the 5 litre can of thinners will be slightly
cheaper.
Nobody's listening Dave!
I use thinners to clean anything except plastics which are liable to melt, then I use brake cleaner, which is about the best stuff you can get which
is "any surface safe"
As you said Dave, thinners is dirt cheap (£6 a gallon, multipurpose too, painting, cleaning and cheap Octane Booster!!!!) and brake cleaner is fairly
cheap too, around £9 for a gallon from my motor factors.
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Fifer
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| posted on 6/2/05 at 05:43 PM |
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Ok, i'll give thiners a bash but I think I went through that last year with no great results
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indykid
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| posted on 6/2/05 at 10:04 PM |
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don't try sikaflexing if you don't have brake cleaner handy.
the first bit i did, i got some on my hands, tried to wipe it on a cloth and smeared leaving my hands a brown colour .
tried panel wipe, didnt really cut it. tried thinners which was still pretty weak. tried brake cleaner and i don't think i've ever seen my
hands so clean. it works admirably as a solvent for araldite too
Carb cleaner is on a par, but i prefer the smell of brake cleaner. found out today that halfords stuff smells of
lemons.........................which was nice.
tom
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