Thread: My 88" Series 3

Originally Posted by TimNZ

I now have many hours at the parts cleaner ahead of me Dishwasher powder doesn't attack aluminium does it?

Cheers

Yes. The effectiveness of dishwasher powder is due to its content of alkaline materials, and these attack aluminium, as anyone who has run aluminium saucepans through the dishwasher can testify. (I suspect your smiley implies you know this! Or was that to imply that you would not dream of running car parts through the kitchen dishwasher? Quite effective, but don't use it on aluminium, and use care with steel parts that have bearing surfaces, as rust can set in very quickly once degreased.)

John

I do recall something about dishwashing powder attacking aluminium, thanks for the confirmation... and I may have used the dishwasher in the past to clean car parts

Cheers,

I use the dishwasher for some parts - not aluminium and not when SWMBO is home.

There is no current SWMBO at the moment, so I'm safe on that front Homestar

Spent the day cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning. Not to much in the way of pictures, but the cases came up nice:





No, I didn't do them in the dishwasher!

Cheers, and happy new year y'all!

Wow, they can up great! How did you clean them? I was going to send a heap of stuff off to the hydro blasters, but if I can get results like that at home, I'd be very happy.

Cleaning process was:

Scrape the big bits off
Pressure wash
Scrub in parts cleaner
Pressure wash
Bead blast (with glass beads while staying away from any bearing and mating surfaces)
Pressure wash (to remove any stray blasting media)
Degrease with BrakeCleaner and blow down with compressed air

Very satisfying at the end, but took all flippin day!

Cheers,

Y'know, they really should move this to Tutorials, a "this is how it should be done" thread; then mine could become a "don't do this " thread...

Thanks for that - maybe I'll just take them to the hydroblasters...