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8/28/2017 7:10pm
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My sister is a dental assistant and her office just got a new Ultrasonic cleaner, so she hooked me up with their old one. Really stoked to finally have one of these. Have a '74 Honda XL100 carb in there now. Using some of the cleaning solution my sis gave me (1oz of the solution to almost 1gal of distilled water), but it's meant for dental instruments so I think a cleaner meant to cut grease and clean aluminum would work even better. Any recommendations?? (from personal experience preferably) I did some googling and saw people saying everything from Pine Sol to Alumabrite.
I've cleaned carbs professionally for many years with an ultrasonic. I got one when they were thousands of dollars. You can find me at http://www.keepyourmotorrunnin.com. Unless someone here has literally cleaned thousands of carbs and can tell me differently based on years experience then I can only recommend Simple Green HD. It MUST be the HD. DO NOT use the regular green Simple Green. It will ruin carbs. The HD is only sold at Home Depot around me. Mix it one part HD and 5 parts water. Make sure it is heated. Also, test your ultrasonic to make sure the transducers are still good. you can do it with aluminum foil. Look it up. DO NOT put brass floats in there for very long. It will blow holes in them. Once you see the aluminum foil test you'll know why.
Taking this as the gospel until someone can convince me otherwise
1 part this stuff to 5 parts water
Paw Paw
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1 gallon simple green
6 gallons water
150 degrees
people send me lots of carbs, no complaints
Your way with either product works great!
Paw Paw
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