Just ordered this parts washer

[350xfire]

Hey for $80 it's cheap... Horror Freight Tools!
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-gallon-parts-washer-94994.html

And got 20% off by calling and telling them I had a 20% off coupon. Which I did. So $80 shipped with tax.

 

[mototraxtech]

those things work really well but make sure you have ventilation. I use one all the time in a bike shop to clean carbs and things and they came out looking new but you would get really light headed as we had no air circulation.

 

[350xfire]

Yeah, I've alwasy wanted one but never bought one. I was looking for a Craigslist deal but all were more than this brand new one and smaller!

Since I got my new/used 1940's Leblond lathe I figured I'd get it to clean everything up and make the old beast look pretty!

What cleaner do you use? I have heard of kerosene and mineral spirits, but both are inhalation hazards. Was thinking about Simple Green or Purple Power as well or may be some sodium hydroxide solution which is what purple Power's active ingredient is.

 

[precisionworks]

they came out looking new but you would get really light headed as we had no air circulation.

+1

Because there's an automotive machine shop just a mile away, I don't have a parts washer. Their hot tank (for steel parts) will easily hold a big block V-8 & the parts come out so clean that they start to rust immediately

They also have an aluminum parts washer, looks like a mega sized dish washer. Again, bigger than I've ever needed but just the ticket for parts too nasty to work on, like industrial air grinders.

Sometimes he charges me $10, sometimes nothing. Hard to beat a deal like that.

 

[mototraxtech]

we used carb clean dip. Its the harsh stuff you don't want to touch and isn't about like gasoline. Using purple clean or simple green sounds like a SAFER idea but I am pretty sure that purple clean is hazardous to breathe. We just got some to clean bikes and I was using it straight and it was pretty hard on the sinus. Also be careful using it with aluminum as it made then streak black and was really hard to clean them. Diluted doesn't seem to hurt to much but straight it was like it was taking the paint of only no paint on the parts.