Cleaning Machinery

[Simon Strauss]

Ive been spending the majority of my time in the robotics shop recently cleaning off the 50 year old south bend lathe that Ive been the only one to use on a regular basis and for more than simple jobs in the past 30 years at the least and the thing was greased to all hell when i started to clean it last week (which explains why it is off by allot). using WD-40 and a whole lot of scrubbing i have been able to get some of it off but no where near the level i wanted where i could be able to eat off of it. getting to the point I was wondering if anyone has either some old school machine cleaning tricks they want to share or any success with commercial cleaners like all the dirty dish ones i see advertised on TV all the time working.
thanks, Simon