I have found that a dishwasher is perfect for cleaning your wrenches. They
come out sparkling
and are not slick. Found this out when the wife was gone one weekend.....
Dean Tetterton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Parts Washers & Cleaning Solutions AND irritating the spouse by
borrowing tools
> A timely and interesting congruence of threads. I've found a dishwasher
with
> a shot of TSP and some dish soap cleans parts extremely well. And
naturally
> a washing machine and dryer is great for shop rags and shop clothes. But
> using them has the potential to be extremely expensive--as much as 50% of
my
> net worth.
>
> The solution--buy my own at garage sales and install them in the garage. I
> have a washing machine, dryer and dishwasher installed in my shop now. I
> actually planned ahead for this and installed the appropriate power, hoses
> and drains in the machine shop section when I built the house. The washer
> and dryer were languishing up in my storage shed until recently, but I
> transferred a bunch of junk to the storage room and moved the washer/dryer
> down. Then I built a bench over the top of them. The dishwasher is a
recent
> addition. I haven't done anything smart yet to filter the water as it
> circulates, but that's next. I haven't used it much yet because I figure
> it's not ready for prime time. But last night I popped my flywheel, all my
> clutch parts, my carb bodies and a screen box full of carb bits into the
> dishwasher and they came out sparkling.
>
> I paid $50 for the dishwasher and nothing for the washer/dryer. I'm also
> looking around for a really big toaster oven to cure powder coat. I feel
> like a happy little homemaker sometimes.
>
> I also have a little bench top parts washer that I bought for $69 at the
> Napa store.
>
> I've got a completely unused kiln taking up a lot of space in my wife's
> "hobby" room in the shop. She hasn't set foot in it since the pottery
> equipment was installed four years ago. I'm either going to get rid of all
> that stuff on eBay or hook up the kiln and use it for heat treating
metals.
>
> Incidentally, carter centrifugal fuel pumps make dandy parts washer pumps.
> They have a screen to take out the big chunks, but the sliding steel
> impellers will pump anything short of peanut butter and last forever even
> with a bunch of abrasive crap in the solution.
>
>
> Bill Babcock
> Babcock & Jenkins
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