"Brian D. Cain" wrote:

Hey guys, I was so impressed with a product I used today that I thought I'd
share
my joy with you all on it.  Today I went to Home Depot to look for some
good,
heavy-duty cleaning stuff I could use on four rotors that I'm cleaning up
for a pair
of engines I'm re-assembling soon.  After trying a few things over the past
week
because I couldn't find any Simple Green (what I've normally used in the
past), I
ran across some stuff made by Zep.  They've got a humongous product line
(almost
looks as if Home Depot has a business relationship with them per the litany
of
products by them they had available).  Looking for the heaviest-duty stuff
they
had, I went for their Industrial Cleaner/Degreaser.  It looks and smells
identical
to the Coastal Super Power Clean that's found in automotive chain stores
(deep
purple colour).  This stuff is quite caustic; it burns the skin with
prolonged

contact and only after a few seconds it will dry the oil right off, leaving
your skin
dry.

After dunking the engine rotors in for less than two hours in a diluted mix
(one
gallon water and one gallon Zep cleaner), the carbon was just eaten away.
About
15 minutes of brushing and voila -> brand new looking, silver-coloured
rotors.
They're so clean they're already beginning to develop surface rust!

B

    Brian,

      Any  indication that this cleaner attacks the bearing material?

    Kelly Troyer

 
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