WST,
You might try one of the water based degreasers in the dishwasher. "Simple
Green Automotive Cleaner/Degreaser" is one brand that I've used - but not in
a dishwasher. Try a small amount at first, until you know how much suds
will be produced.
Rick
'59 Sprite
----- Original Message -----
From "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson at thicko.com>
To: <team-thicko@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:43 PM
Subject: chapped asses, and dishwashers
> Hey y'all,
>
> SO, I'm thinking as I deep clean and organize my garage for the first time
> in 16 years...."Man, I've got a lot of shit..." So, every Friday AM I'm
out
> to meet the garbage man and slip him $10 to take the extra piles, and dump
> the extra cans. I'm sorting through stuff, purging things, organizing
> spares... even have hopes of an inventory system someday. Many of these
old
> parts and spares can really use a cleaning. I'm not sure about you, but
I've
> never had too much luck with the standard Buffalo Bob/Harbor Freight style
> partswashers. Usually, the motor on the pump craps out right as you're
> trying to flush the mung out of your oil cooler 2 days before a race
> weekend.
>
> Which leads me to the next part of this story... chapped ass and a
> dishwasher. Years ago my now ex-wife and I were having a discussion on the
> merits of a dishwasher. I figured that just once in a blue moon my 2 young
> daughters ought to help with the dishes (yeah, like that was gonna
happen).
> The bottom line was, we really couldn't afford it at that particular time.
> So, off I go on a business trip, come home, and what to I find, but a $600
> dishwasher. Arrgghhh. (That's the part that chapped my ass...)
>
> Fast forward... wife is now an "ex", and I haven't used the dishwasher in
> the 4 1/2 years. ingo.. the light goes on in my devious little brain...
> yep...I've got a $600 partswasher sitting unused in the kitchen. I't a
> "portable'.. so if I clog it up, it's relatively easy to get to stuff. So,
> the question is, any of you out there ever used your dishwasher as a
> partswasher? Any tips? Standard dishwashing detergent?
>
> I think I'm gonna start with a 948 block, an oil pan, and other assorted
> engine tin....
>
> WST
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