[CR]Parts cleaning dilemma

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: "Kevin MacAfee" <kmacafee@isd.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:04:40 -0600
Subject: [CR]Parts cleaning dilemma

Greetings all

I live in wild, wonderful and soon to be wintry Minnesota. As such, all of my bike restoration/repair efforts move into the basement. I recently acquired one of those small parts washers that works quite well. However, the solvent I am running through it is primarily water based, biodegradeable etc. and does not clean worth a damn.

Any of you have luck with a parts cleaner that is not smelly or toxic but works well? I have used Pedro's and another biodegradable kind purchased from bike shops that works well but it gets expensive in those little cans.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Kevin "I want a few more months of warmth" MacAfee St. Paul, MN.