any parts degreaser solvent recommendations

[John Larson]

Contact your local petroleum products wholesaler. There are about 6 of them
in my town, so I figure there must be one within driving distance of nearly
all of us.  You'll likely have to supply your own container (s).  I think I
usually pay around $2.30/gallon.  John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: any parts degreaser solvent recommendations


> John, et.al.
>
> The parts washer I got is a 20 gal. unit (I saw 50 gal/hr. recirculation),
> so not as big as I mistakenly said earlier.
>
> Anyway, if I read you right, I might find some decent solvent for around
> $2/gal. which is much better than what the FLAPS had ($6/gal in 5 gal
> containers).
>
> Unit says approved for Water-based or Mineral spirits solvents - the one
the
> FLAPS had was mineral spirits.
>
> I'll see how much the stuff is from graymills.
>
> Ben
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>
> To: <benswann at comcast.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: any parts degreaser solvent recommendations
>
>
> > Gonna be hard to find a suitable (and effective) cleaner for the price,
2
> > bucks a gallon, of solvent.  In a 50 gallon unit, 20 gallons should be
> fine,
> > maybe 30, but you shouldn't need anywhere near 50. There are a number of
> > heavily advertised substitutes out there, though.  Many products need to
> be
> > heated to work properly.  A rudimentary Google search yielded this one
> that
> > sounds promising:
> >
> > http://www.graymills.com/SourceParts/cleaningsolutions.html
> >
> > HTH, John
> >
>
>