homebrew degreasant

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Jules saying something like:

Biodiesel.

I have vague recollections of my father using paraffin and a paint brush on his old motorcycle engine although I can't remember whether he added anything, though I think not.

Assume you're Stateside?

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Hmm, definitely plausible - the aforementioned Goop is paraffin along with some other things, according to the ingredients. I'll have a dig around in case I have any in a cupboard somewhere.

I've found that the spray stuff I mentioned sort-of works, but it's impossible to spray it in a thin coating, and so it ends up taking a lot of it to clean even a small area.

cheers

Jules

the Pond, and I've not seen 'that' Gunk in any of the parts places around here - but then it is a smaller town. I'll be down in the 'nearby' (5 hour drive!) city in a few weeks' time, so I'll take a look when down there and stock up if I find any...

Hmm, not sure if that exists here or not - I'll have to take a look...

cheers!

J.

Paraffin's the stuff to use

NT

As Grimley has already said Bio diesel is an excellent degreaser. If you chose to make your own then you have the added advantage of producing glycerine as a by-product so you can use this to clean your hands afterwards.

I've made a usable sort of swarfega from washing up liquid and white spirit, petrol or diesel.

Very similar to Gunk if used at low detergent concentrations.

Used to do something similar years ago to clean really bad fabric car seats. Mixture of dry cleaning solvent & hard surface cleaner. Worked a treat, but a very short life. The detergent 'ate' the solvent.

IIUC they have now found a way of having a solvent & a detergent in the same product that remains stable, which is why some modern cleaners are so good. Fairy Power Spray for example.