Hey guys, I have a 1942 Hendey lathe I picked up earlier this year, and I've slowly but surely been getting it cleaned up. The amount of caked on grease is absolutely absurd. I just got my parts washer going again for the smaller parts, and have been using PSC 1000 solvent in it, and it doesn't even touch this stuff. I've tried soaking parts in mineral spirits for several days. Nothing.
I bought a can of Berryman Chem dip, and soaked some parts for 2 days, and it seemed to remove all paint and made the grease wipe off with my finger. Which was great since I plan on stripping all the paint off anyway. I was looking at the 5 gal cans of Chem dip, and they're pretty pricey. I found some 5 gal cans of brake cleaner for about 80 bucks, and thinking of going that route, but I've never had bulk brake cleaner to soak parts in. Would this work as well/better than the Chem dip for soaking?
I mainly need it for small/medium parts that will fit in a 5 gal bucket. The larger parts of the lathe will be scraped/cleaned by hand.
I bought a can of Berryman Chem dip, and soaked some parts for 2 days, and it seemed to remove all paint and made the grease wipe off with my finger. Which was great since I plan on stripping all the paint off anyway. I was looking at the 5 gal cans of Chem dip, and they're pretty pricey. I found some 5 gal cans of brake cleaner for about 80 bucks, and thinking of going that route, but I've never had bulk brake cleaner to soak parts in. Would this work as well/better than the Chem dip for soaking?
I mainly need it for small/medium parts that will fit in a 5 gal bucket. The larger parts of the lathe will be scraped/cleaned by hand.