Rick
There is an excellent book by Motorbooks International of Osceola Wisconsin,
entitled "How to Restore Your Collector Car,"; authorTom Bromwell. It gives
detailed plans for construction of a parts washer, hydraulic press, and frame
tilter. It also contains a lengthy discussion of various homemade degreasing,
stripping and rust removal solutions. It reccomends a mixture of lye or drano
and water for stripping/degreasing in a metal tank. Wear gloves and full face
protection - CAUSTIC stuff. I quote "[h]alf of a thirteen-ounce plastic jar of
lye added to two gallons of water in a ten quart pail makes an effective
degreasing solution." apply the same mix ratio to larger containers, ie barrel
cut in half, watering trough. It also reccomends that you apply heat via a
propane fire since Lye works best when heated. Heated, it will strip anything
inside of an hour. Skim the grease off the surface of the solution, and you
can
use it indefinitely Cover when not in use. Moreover, buy the book- it is
worth
it.
Good luck
Brian Corrigan
67 Alpine project (rust never sleeps)
72 MGB-GT daily driver
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