Stevie D Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 As the title says what's the best fluid / solvent for a small machine mart parts washer, I can get my hands on keytone / toluene etc but am wary of using that in the washer with the flamabiltiy risk - I'm probably going to get some kerosene as that's got a much better flash point. Rtied to get some gunk but that's very expensive. there's a few new 'environmentally friendly' solvents about but these are even more expensive. I want to clean swivels, cv's etc so whatever I use isn't going to stay to clean for long. The local dump takes waste oil etc so proper disposal isn't an issue. What are you guys using? Thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 What about using diesel in your cleaning tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I use parrafin. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie D Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 What about using diesel in your cleaning tank? Had crossed my mind - what cleans better, diesel, parrifin, kerosene? Cheer Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo19 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I use parraifn as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I had parafin in before but it gradually reverted to something similar to crude oil. I now use rock oil soluble oil cleaner (SOC), comes in 25litre drums and i think they were about £30 a drum. I'm very impressed with what it can achieve with no manual scrubbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I use deb jizer, not cheap but it cleans very well and seems to last a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 biodiesel works very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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