I took a day and used Castrol Super Clean (purple bottle) and an assortment of small brushes. Lots of scrubbing and it came out great. Just takes time.
Here is my engine bay. What is safe to use for cleaning it?
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Zumtizzle;1486925 said:
As odd as it sounds, yea, it works amazingly.
Figure, if it will take all that crap off your hands when you're done working on your car, it'll clean up your car.
Just make sure you dilute it down to the point where it's not a sludgy slime and it flows like water.
I thought the same thing at first, so I put some on a rag and started going at my firewall (my car's read, the wall was black from dirt) and now its actually red with no sign of dirt or sludge.
hand cleaner, mixed with a little dawn dish soap in water. was kinda a okie rig job at my shop, but it works so dang good i discontinued my hot tank guy, lol. hardly have to scrub. 
i cleaned my whole engine bay with purple power and a tooth brush...it worked great!
before
after
now i used it in pure concentrate and after cleaning an area id quickly hit it with a spray bottle filled with water and wipe it dry...it didnt hurt any paint or aluminum aslong as you didnt let it sit and soak...
before
after
now i used it in pure concentrate and after cleaning an area id quickly hit it with a spray bottle filled with water and wipe it dry...it didnt hurt any paint or aluminum aslong as you didnt let it sit and soak...
gaboonviper85;1487073 said:i cleaned my whole nose bay with purple power and a tooth brush...it worked great!
He he...I couldn't resist! :biglaugh:
hvyman;1487166 said:
if you were to see the paint in person then the last thing youd worry about is beer bottles on the roof
Ugh at people using super clean/purple power. It eats paint and if allowed to dry on a surface is nearly impossible to remove and will stain.
I'm not talking out of my ass, I've learned from experience...
I'm not talking out of my ass, I've learned from experience...
Told you guys, Go-Jo diluted with water, give it a try as you wont be disappointed =].
I'll be working on my Poopra today so I'll take pics to show you how good of a job it did.
I'll be working on my Poopra today so I'll take pics to show you how good of a job it did.
Poodles;1487396 said:
To remedy this, I put a coffee filter around the suction tube for the nozzle to prevent any grit from getting through.
Purple power has acids in it. We can’t use it one aircraft because if it gets between seems it will cause corrosion. I saw real nasty results from it from people who used it. Thanks to purple power it made me big bucks on sheet metal work. It will also attack steel between seems. Also I.E. intercooler piping will look like shit if you get the straight concentrate on it. It will turn a dull white following by corrosion.
Simple green used to be used by the military on aircraft but they stopped because they found it causes corrosion. I used simple green diluted its safe. They also made another simple green aircraft formula none corrosive.
I used Jet A as a degreaser just because its free but better then diesel or kerosene because its cleaner.
Simple green used to be used by the military on aircraft but they stopped because they found it causes corrosion. I used simple green diluted its safe. They also made another simple green aircraft formula none corrosive.
I used Jet A as a degreaser just because its free but better then diesel or kerosene because its cleaner.
Yep, what I've been saying. Super Clean/Purple Power can NOT dry on a surface, it has to be fully washed away and it takes TONS of water to fully get rid of it.
It's only advantage to many degreasers is that it doesn't harm most plastics. (but will remove paint from plastics, so it has it's uses).
It's only advantage to many degreasers is that it doesn't harm most plastics. (but will remove paint from plastics, so it has it's uses).
Poodles;1487217 said:
i used a tooth brush with the purple power...id dip the brush in the cleaner then scrub a small area....then rinse the hell out of it with water....
i did not saturate the engine bay with purple power just the tooth brush...
Engine bay after using diluted Go-Jo (the green slimey stuff , not the white pumice filled stuff)
Don't mind the coil pack harness, the coils are out along with the plugs for winter storage purposes.
The before pic is on the right. The left pic was taken about 3 hours ago.
Don't mind the coil pack harness, the coils are out along with the plugs for winter storage purposes.
The before pic is on the right. The left pic was taken about 3 hours ago.
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