REFLECTOR: Degreaser recommendation

[Tom Martino]

Alex ... You are absolutely correct sir! Alcohol is great for cleaning and
degreasing.  I often use it in a siphon sprayer to clean parts and even
electronics.  If you atomize it properly ... It will evaporate quickly and
never lay around long enough top hurt anything.


On 7/10/07 7:39 AM, "Scott Derrick" <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:

> I use denatured alcohol .  Its not as aggressive as some but is easy to
> acquire and not very toxic to you or the environment.
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> Scott
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> Alex Balic wrote:
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>> You can use Freon to degrease the structure- will penetrates the glass and
>> will take all of the oil with it as it drips off- if it can not drip off,
>> then it will leave the oil where it evaporates- just watch your hands for
>> cold if you decide to go with it- will not otherwise affect anything but the
>> oil.
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>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Hiroo Umeno
>>  Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:42 PM
>>  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>>  Subject: REFLECTOR: Degreaser recommendation
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>> In about 20 some hours of flying, the bottom half of N21HV is pretty
>> saturated with mineral oil.  I had a very slow leak at the nose cooler that
>> went undetected for a while that puddle the oil on the nose that soaked into
>> the fuselage bottom foam.  It is to the point where the co-pilot side floor
>> is slimy.  The rear-end is also quite oily from the Franklin spitting and
>> dripping oil everywhere.
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>> So, I am in search of a good de-greaser but I am a bit confused by all the
>> choices. Here is what I am looking forŠ
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>> Pri-1
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>> ·         Deep penetrating (into the foam and fiberglass structure)
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>> ·         Non-corrosive (safe for metal structure)
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>> Pri-2 (nice to have)
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>> ·         Non-toxic  / easy handling
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>> In general, how do they work?  I do know for surface degreaser, you apply
>> them and wash them off but for the soaked-in foam, how does that work?
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