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Turnbuckle Cleaning
This may not solve everything but it's what I use.
I have an old collander and a rattle can of brake or carb/throttle body cleaner from an auto parts store. I just squirt off the small parts in the collander. Call it a poor mans parts cleaner. It's a pretty agressive solvent so be careful what you use it on. The collander can also be used to soak parts in a can of solvent. For polish, why not use a fiber polishing wheel charged with some brass polish. Comet copper and stainless cleaner from the kitchen also works on some metals. Bill Daniels "Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... (Original question was about how to clean a thick layer of grease and dirt off some old turnbuckles with minimum manual effort.) Just as an update to folks...I ran one turnbuckle through the dishwasher. Did well at taking off the surface crud, but it didn't really shine up the metal. Going to try the rock-polisher next. My wife has a small one, with buckshot-sized media for cleaning metal for jewelry work. Think the media is too large, so I might try (unused) kitty litter. Ron Wanttaja |
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Turnbuckle Cleaning
Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Going to try the rock-polisher next. My wife has a small one, with buckshot-sized media for cleaning metal for jewelry work. Think the media is too large, so I might try (unused) kitty litter. Ron Wanttaja Try ground corn cob from the pet store (sold as small animal bedding) in the rock tumbler. Add 1 ounce of automatic transmission fluid and tumble for a couple hours before adding the parts to get it mixed. Tony |
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