Best Carb Cleaner?
Discussion
3doorPete said:
If you've got the carb apart, better to buy yourself a cheap ultrasonic water cleaner to put all the parts in.
Or make your own if your boredhttp://www.classicbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=...
Rubin215 said:
Wurth brake cleaner; much more effective than any carb cleaner and usually cheaper too (apart from Lidl diet cola obviously... 
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I really rate Wurth products, so it is worth hunting round for them.
I've used brake cleaner loads of times in the past, take a look at this though. )I really rate Wurth products, so it is worth hunting round for them.
Fudging scary stuff
http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
Vidal Baboon said:
Rubin215 said:
Wurth brake cleaner; much more effective than any carb cleaner and usually cheaper too (apart from Lidl diet cola obviously... )
I really rate Wurth products, so it is worth hunting round for them.
I've used brake cleaner loads of times in the past, take a look at this though. )I really rate Wurth products, so it is worth hunting round for them.
Fudging scary stuff
http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
I'm sorry, but no sympathy.
Would you show any if he had been using pertol for the same purpose and managed to incinerate himself?
Lack of common sense = natural selection; he considers himself lucky to have survived, maybe mother nature had other ideas...
Rubin215 said:
So the guy was using it as a cleaner before welding; okay, cleaning carbs isn't what it's designed for either, but common sense would tell you that a highly volatile substance should not be used prior to welding.
I'm sorry, but no sympathy.
Would you show any if he had been using pertol for the same purpose and managed to incinerate himself?
Lack of common sense = natural selection; he considers himself lucky to have survived, maybe mother nature had other ideas...
That's a bit unfair to the guy. I'm sorry, but no sympathy.
Would you show any if he had been using pertol for the same purpose and managed to incinerate himself?
Lack of common sense = natural selection; he considers himself lucky to have survived, maybe mother nature had other ideas...
Probably not. But you can say you were because you always read the back of every single tin you use & this is the internet.
Brake cleaner does have it's other uses- like degreasing parts, it's used my by many mechanics, MD's and all for cleaning.
This wasn't in response to the topic in general, but thought it was an interesting write-up about brake cleaner- whilst we're talking about it.
ETA, ahhh now I remember, you're the fireman aren't you? Maybe you are aware of them then
Edited by Vidal Baboon on Saturday 28th August 13:21
No, I wasn't aware of the phosgene bit, but the fact that it is highly flammable and not the best thing for cleaning off something you are about to weld is probably failry obvious to most people.
I once had to go to an explosion and fire caused by a guy who decided to cut a 25 litre drum in half to use it as an oil catch tray.
The fact that it formerly contained paint thinners and he was using an angle grinder to cut it didn't occur to him as being in the slightest bit dangerous...
Since we no longer need cannon fodder or yokels, evolution should have removed these people from the gene pool a long time ago...
I once had to go to an explosion and fire caused by a guy who decided to cut a 25 litre drum in half to use it as an oil catch tray.
The fact that it formerly contained paint thinners and he was using an angle grinder to cut it didn't occur to him as being in the slightest bit dangerous...
Since we no longer need cannon fodder or yokels, evolution should have removed these people from the gene pool a long time ago...
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