What do you use to initially clean up plastics

Post by **alien3t** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:45 pm

I used ot use pledge, forget why some guys at track did. Pledge and a tooth brush to scrub plastics.

What do others use, simple green royal purple or anything?

Post by **GoMachV** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:04 am

Depends a lot on the materials but either Dawn or Awesome (from the dollar store). Purple power is good stuff too

Post by **Groomi** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:57 am

Soapy water in an ultrasonic cleaner. Does a great job at loosening the dirt, usually just needs a swill under the tap. I then use a little GT85 just to give a bit of a shine.

Post by **RC10th** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:00 am

Simple Green with warm water and a brush for me.

Post by **GoMachV** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:13 am

Groomi wrote:Soapy water in an ultrasonic cleaner. Does a great job at loosening the dirt, usually just needs a swill under the tap. I then use a little GT85 just to give a bit of a shine.

+1 on the ultrasonic cleaner too, works great!

Post by **DMAT** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:27 am

gain was making this degreaser soap for a while but I cant find it anymore. Ive never seen something clean black grease off parts so easily.

and yea, ultra sonic cleaner is good too. I use one both for cleaning and greased lightning baths on alloy parts.

Post by **limestang** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:42 am

Fast Orange Hand Cleaner on all white plastic parts. Not only does it clean off grease and mud, it also does a good job of whitening.

- Limestang

Post by **Coelacanth** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:04 am

WD-40 and a toothbrush works great for me, for quickly removing grease & dirt from any surface.

Post by **scootmike** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:10 pm

Awesome and a sonic cleaner with heat, does a good job for me.

Post by **j-sou** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:20 pm

Like most others here, I use an ultrasonic cleaner. That and a tumbler are great investments!

Post by **scootmike** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:52 pm

what is the purpose of the tumbler?
Polishing?

Post by **alien3t** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:39 pm

what ultra sonic cleaners are you guys using, with what fluid in them.

one i used the pledge to scrub the part. but also left it looking shiny new basically.

Post by **Coelacanth** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:03 pm

scootmike wrote:what is the purpose of the tumbler?
Polishing?

All it does is dislodge the dirt & grease. Toothbrush does the same thing.

Post by **THEYTOOKMYTHUMB** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:06 pm

What in the hell is a "Toothbrush"??

Post by **GoMachV** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:23 pm

alien3t wrote:what ultra sonic cleaners are you guys using, with what fluid in them.

I use the bigger one from harbor freight, don't forget to use the 25% off coupon tho!

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