And presumably a BIG old towel or tarp to put all the dirty, greasy parts on while you're polishing them in the living room ... right?
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> From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:52:50 -0500
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: RE: [CR]Parts cleaning dilemma
>
> Kevin,
>
> I too have one of those parts washers (a cheap plastic one) and I never use
> it anymore. :-(
>
> Not exactly a solution to your problem, but I use Fantastik spray household
> cleaner to clean almost all my parts. I don't think I've cleaned anything
> but a chain by dunking (in Varsol), everything else gets cleaned by a full
> strip down and is then cleaned with a large supply of rags, old toothbrushes
> and Fantastik.
>
> Often when there's things I need to clean and stuff I want to watch on the
> tube and I've not seen too much of my wife lately I'll bring the part(s),
> the required tools for disassembly, a pile of rags and the Fantastik spray
> upstairs and park myself at the end of the sofa to work.
>
> Still married! :-)
>
> David Bilenkey
> Bilenkey Industrial Design
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
>> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Kevin MacAfee
>> Sent: October 30, 2001 11:05 PM
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> 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.