ajmac Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Any Ideas guys? I always used to use a version of 'Gunk' manufactured by a local agricultural chemical company. The company has gone now and I just brought some 'Gunk' from the high street, I always remember it lifting off the oil and dirt then turning into an emulsion when washed. In an hour the item was dry and oil free. The current version of Gunk lifts the grime fine but doesn't seem to emulsify and thus is really difficult to remove and leaves a slimy residue. I imagine the original formula that I was using in the 90s has been outlawed by environmental regulations.... What degreaser are people using now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I've been using Jizer for a while but it does the same thing , meaning that I have to do a second wash with hot water and detergent . It's a real pain . I've just bought a hot wash pressure washer which works well but it's a pretty expensive alternative ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I use Paraffin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I use Paraffin... Agree with you, also the best freeing oil, a mix of burnt gear oil and disiel, found this combination by chance but works on evrything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppypiesdad Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Well I use petrol , seems to shift most things not very good for skin , but usually re use it after letting it to settle and for a loose oil add 100ml to 900ml of engine oil seems to free most things and taught to me by a old farmer Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Try using undiluted traffic film remover. If you have a "Killaspray" type weed killer sprayer, just spray it on and leave it for about ten minutes and everything will come off. Better still, wash off what you can with a pressure washer first and then spray it. If you have carbon stains or dried on oil residue; spray it and scrub it with a stiff parts cleaning brush. People like Autosmart or Comma (TFR) do a very powerful cleaner, and the advantage of it is that you can dilute it and wash all your vehicles with it. That way you wont waste good money on a single purpose cleaner. A word of warning though; make sure you do dilute it if you use it for washing your cars paintwork as it will stain it on a hot day. Jus' tryin ta be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I also use undiluted traffic film remover its like syrup. but again must be diluted for paintwork. great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matador Steve Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Comma Hyper Clean, sold in gallon cans at your local motor factors, apply and wash off, really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Most of the modern degreasers are not quite as effective as the old ones. Everyone who remembers Genklene mourns its demise. Brilliant stuff but it was "carcinogenic" this and "skin cancer" that so that had the kybosh put on it. Comma Hyper Clean is pretty good but it doesn't smell very nice and there are a fair few traffic film removers and driveway cleaners which at the right dilution will do the job. You tend to need to soak things in the water based ones rather than wash them down and I've found that some of them do nasty things to aluminium alloys if you leave them in too long. Parafin isn't bad but isn't that easy to get hold of any more. Most stuff we clean is done in petrol. Not very clever because it isn't good for your hands and it is a very serious fire risk but it's always on hand isn't it? Large scale cleaning is done with a hot water washer. That works pretty well. Messy to clean up afterwards though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Parafin isn't bad but isn't that easy to get hold of any more. Almost every petrol station & camping shop sells it in 4lt containers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 That's the thing. I remember when every petrol station round here had a paraffin machine. Now there isn't a single one. That's why we end up just using petrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I can still get hold of trichlor through a mate of mine, eats grease like nothing else. petrol / diesel mix, as removed from cars filled with the wrong fuel is pretty good if you can find a source of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timinder Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I though trike was legislated out of existence years ago! We have a substitute at work called "Zerotri" It's OK, but not a patch on the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonP Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hmm, being new to the maintenance front when I repacked my wheel bearings I used white spirit as a degreaser... seems to shift a lot of stuff whilst not being as nasty as petrol or parafin... eats through latex gloves though!! Takes a while to evaporate after cleaning so need to make sure you've got all the stuff off before applying fresh grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I though trike was legislated out of existence years ago! We have a substitute at work called "Zerotri" It's OK, but not a patch on the real thing. The best degreaser that I have ever used was with the MoD, ICI Genklene, a 1.1.1. trichloroethane product. Sadly no longer available due to Montreal Protocol in 1995. Stocks were sold until 2000. If you want to clean an item of all grease traces, then one of the brake cleaners is good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I tend to us cellulose thinner / gunwash. Used through an old spraygun at 160psi it works a treat. Be wary on painted surfaces, though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VULCANFREAK Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) The perfect (but expensive) degreaser-aerosol carburettor/injector cleaner I think it is a mixture of toluene and xylene the good stuff is always the bad for you stuff! Edited January 20, 2010 by VULCANFREAK spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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