Cleaning Machinery

[Simon Strauss]

Originally Posted by dlavery

It depends on what is really on the machine. Is it really grease, or is it cosmoline still in place from the original packing? If the lathe is really old and some of the original packing material is still in place, it may actually be rendered pig fat (is there a faint odor of bacon? no, I am not kidding).


-dave

Dave, are you asking whether or not my lathe smells like Andy Baker at the end of the day? no, what I'm dealing with is most definitely grease, although i cant exactly walk over and smell it right now i do know the last person to use it for any real turning purposes and know that he at one point had it all nice and shiny. Also unfortunately our shop is very poorly ventilated which is why i am trying to avoid kerosene or an abundance of WD-40 but i will try using a rage before i go at it again with steel wool like i had been.

So no one knows if any of the heavy grease removers for dirty dishes that are advertised all the time would work?

-Thanks, Simon

[sanddrag]

After a saturday of working on building a float for the Tournament of Roses parade (lots of dirt, rust, and oil) nothing will clean my hands except for "Fast Orange." Worth a shot.