Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Thirty years back, I worked for a local auto parts store. I bought a 5 gallon bucket of Berryman Chem-Dip. This stuff really worked. A few years ago, I bought another bucket. It is NOT the same stuff. I didn't get the same cleaning as the old formula. I've started soaking stuff in a 50/50 mix of Castrol Super Clean and water.
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Zep Driveway Cleaner contains sodium hydroxide aka lye. Be very careful using it on anything made from aluminum. May cause it to turn black if not washed off soon enough after it does it's work. Will EAT the whole thing if left in it for a long period of time.
Zep C-L-R contains Urea hydrochloride which is a salt formed from the simple mixture of urea with hydrochloric acid. Urea is the major chemical in p i s s, added to hydrochloric acid.
Not that I wouldn't use either of those chemicals, but I wouldn't drop a carb in either of them and walk away.
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Just how bad are the carbs ?! (I'm assuming your Hemi carbs) Guess "carb cleaner" ain't what it used to be - the old stuff would stink up the whole garage and attack human skin. I THINK that CLR is OK on metal - FWIW, I was never all that impressed with it on porcelain. Maybe Evaporust is the go-to now. Just kinda yucky so to speak Ive had this same carb cleaner in the past and it always cleaned them up better than this Ive been reading on the net today and am not comfortable dropping a 1500 carb in it as a chance. I'll live with the carb cleaner outcome and call it good.
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Thirty years back, I worked for a local auto parts store. I bought a 5 gallon bucket of Berryman Chem-Dip. This stuff really worked. A few years ago, I bought another bucket. It is NOT the same stuff. I didn't get the same cleaning as the old formula. I've started soaking stuff in a 50/50 mix of Castrol Super Clean and water. Was that the metal bucket with the metal lid and came with a basket? Don't know about 30 years ago (1994) but the stuff we had in the late 70's-early 80's would strip the plating off a carb overnight and leave red chemical burns on your skin if you didn't wash it off right away. You could do a couple dozen carbs with the same bucket before it lost it's potency...
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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They used to sell a wheel cleaner for non coated, unpolished wheels that did well on Carterbrock type carbs. Found this stuff that might work even better LINKY might find others with google And Chem Dip. Was good stuff but as mentioned wreaked for days. Clothes, hands anything it touched. not sure on the newer version
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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You only get so far with cleaning solutions and ultrasonic cleaner on a 50-year-old cast aluminum piece. Tumbling in a professional manner with proper media, or glass bead blasting is the only way to get a more correct finish and getting off the hard gunk. Any solution you put a carb in you need to look for the reaction, if you get heavy bubble gassing you need to remove it immediately. Even those brightener's and such do not actually brighten and are only soaked for 2 minutes for a passive coating.
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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You only get so far with cleaning solutions and ultrasonic cleaner on a 50-year-old cast aluminum piece. Tumbling in a professional manner with proper media, or glass bead blasting is the only way to get a more correct finish and getting off the hard gunk. Any solution you put a carb in you need to look for the reaction, if you get heavy bubble gassing you need to remove it immediately. Even those brightener's and such do not actually brighten and are only soaked for 2 minutes for a passive coating. What is the proper media?
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Be sure to use the aluminum safe simple green, Original simple green is caustic and corrodes/oxidizes aluminum and or pot metal. Heat is critical as well, get you solution in the ultra sonic to about 140-150F.
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Re: Ever soaked a carb in either of these ???
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Be sure to use the aluminum safe simple green, Original simple green is caustic and corrodes/oxidizes aluminum and or pot metal. Heat is critical as well, get you solution in the ultra sonic to about 140-150F. Picked up some today Now shopping for an ultrasonic cleaner to give this method a try I have a 727 to do next. so might as well pick one up.
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