hmmmm
doesn't sound so Simple. Nor very Green. What the heck is in that stuff?
Scott Gabriel
Cape Cod
> From: David Snyder 2 <dddd@pacbell.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Cleanint dirty bike parts: What NOT to do
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 4:43 PM
\r?\n> I have to add to this, never leave
\r?\n> anything made of STEEL soaking in Simple
\r?\n> Green.
\r?\n> It absolutely will destroy the metal's strength, I'm
\r?\n> talking about crumbling
\r?\n> sprockets here, parts that lost easily more than half of
\r?\n> their original
\r?\n> strength!
\r?\n> And due to the thin side plates on chains, I would expect
\r?\n> even more-rapid
\r?\n> deterioration of strength there.
\r?\n> No joke!
\r?\n>
\r?\n> David Snyder
\r?\n> Auburn, CA usa
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jim Nusbaum wrote:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Yes Simple Green is pretty bad for aluminum. You
\r?\n> can use it if you rinse
\r?\n> > it off well and fairly quickly. If you can get
\r?\n> it you can use Simple
\r?\n> > Green HD which is safe for aluminum and made for the
\r?\n> aircraft industry.
\r?\n> > It is usually only available at industrial supply
\r?\n> places though. I am
\r?\n> > going to use Simple Green HD in the next batch for my
\r?\n> parts cleaner if I
\r?\n> > can get it.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > On 1/12/2011 1:21 PM, Tom Sanders wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> >> Never leave anything soaking is Simple Green
\r?\n> overnight. Things left
\r?\n> >> overnight like to turn forever a disgusting and
\r?\n> ugly black.
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Tom Sanders
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Lansing, MI USA