I let this bb sit in a Dawn and Simple Green mixture for a couple days and BAM super clean! No elbow grease required, I couldn't take a before shot because the parts were so nasty and my hands were beyond gross.
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Nice never thought to use Dawn & Simple Green together good idea I'll give it a go.
I've found warm/hot Simple Green does a dang good job (left the huge jar with about an inch of it setting in the sun for a few hours before putting parts in and bam clean parts in a hurry.
I've found warm/hot Simple Green does a dang good job (left the huge jar with about an inch of it setting in the sun for a few hours before putting parts in and bam clean parts in a hurry.
I can see that working as well! I'll try a glass jar next and let the sun do some extra work.
Things got that hot?!?
The Mean Green degreaser from the Dollar Store, and sold at other stores, works just as well if not better than Simple Green. It's much less expensive per ounce than Simple Green. We buy it in one gallon concentrate jugs but it's sold in smaller containers as well. I've been mixing it with Dawn for quite a while. Adding extra degreaser to Dawn does work very well. We use the same mixture to wash our vehicles.
It was the dollar store Mean Green stuff forgot to mention that! I do use the real deal Dawn though, nothing compares! I even bathe my dogs with Dawn 
Original dawn is great for pet baths; it kills fleasIt was the dollar store Mean Green stuff forgot to mention that! I do use the real deal Dawn though, nothing compares! I even bathe my dogs with Dawn
I do more car stuff than bike stuff and used to use this stuff and liked it, till they stopped selling it at the local auto parts stores
Now they have this instead and it seems to work pretty well too.. both are about $8 a gallon..
Now they have this instead and it seems to work pretty well too.. both are about $8 a gallon..
OHHH $8 isn't too bad for a gallon! Hey 808 feel free to share your soap concoction!
I make soap from scratch, using lye and vegetable oils. It's pretty in-depth. Check out www.soapmakingforum.com Ha. I use the same handle over there, but it's definitely more Martha Stewart than Fight Club. 
Haha its cool, I also do arts and crafts and tend to flower beds so I'm cool with Martha.I make soap from scratch, using lye and vegetable oils. It's pretty in-depth. Check out www.soapmakingforum.com Ha. I use the same handle over there, but it's definitely more Martha Stewart than Fight Club.
That rules. I don't post much on SMF, but i learn a lot. Had to figure out their lingo; DH= "Dear Hubby", and stuff like that. Tough to relate to that kinda thing, but the science/tech is all sound once you translate. I had to switch my own lingo up; I use PVC pipes as molds for soap bars, and when trying to explain it, some of the ladies weren't down with terms like "ID" for inner diameter, for example. But, if you ever make soap, I can definitely say that 2' long sections of 3" PVC is the best mold for the money....
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I put parts in a glass jar, spray with brake cleaner, swish, let sit, swich, let sit, swich once more and they come out shining like new. Plus I can reuse the brake cleaner the next go around as long as I put the lid on.
