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Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:01 pm
by mark
ours takes 3 hours on hottest setting so i do it when she is at work shhhhhhh.......

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:09 pm
by sydduckett
mark wrote:Dish washer it on hottest setting
I did that, i was in the doghouse big time. Then there was, curing my 2 pac in the babies room 3 days before it was due. and then baking the paint in the arga...that was the worse i got... ;) :D

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:41 pm
by Train Driver
Dish washer powder is caustic, without thinking i put my espresso pot in and it came out powdery black :oops: :oops:

Vapour blasting the best did mine in 96 and all i do is hose it down now and it looks like new

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:51 am
by RICSPEED
Train Driver wrote:Dish washer powder is caustic,
yes it is ...but not so much that it will dammage a casing

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:40 am
by ArmandTanzarian
I used mr muscle oven cleaner on mine. Worked a treat.

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:46 pm
by T5-190
All F1 teams use dishwashers to clean their parts. But I don't think they have to deal with Lammy road grime though. :D

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:55 pm
by T5-190
Caustic soda mixed with ally = hydrogen gas or H2

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:14 pm
by simplex
I used this chap on my last lump..

http://www.icmhome.org.uk/index.shtml

6 months later of daily use and its still shiny..

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:05 am
by soulsurfer
I don't think these could go in the dishwasher, even I wouldn't do that...
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This ain't loose dirt, it's like tar, a jetwash won't touch it :shock:

Re: Engine Cases In Hot Caustic Tank

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:30 am
by coaster
soulsurfer wrote:I don't think these could go in the dishwasher, even I wouldn't do that...
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This ain't loose dirt, it's like tar, a jetwash won't touch it :shock:
It's amazing how tough 50 years of accumulated dirt + 2 stroke + gear oil + heat can be. I'm surprised NASA didn't cotton to it for coating the space shuttle :?