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Bill Soverns
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Based on several recommendations on this forum I picked up some for degreasing. I heated up the tank dropped the parts in for about 10 minutes.....gavem a good cold water rinse...and set them aside for a few minutes. When I got back to the parts they were rusting already. Now THAT is clean metal. I have used simple green for a long time but this stuff is superior. Works much faster. Give it a try....its available at NAPA. Thanks to the folks who recommended it.
 
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For the uninitiated Purple Power = Castrol Super Clean.

A biodegradable parts cleaner. Also available at WalMart.
 
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Thanks for the tip Bill, If they were rusting that fast, maybe you didn't rinse them well enough. I would use a scalding hot water rinse, so the moisture evaporates off the hot metal more quickly.

I have thoroughly cleaned gunked up guns by submerging them in real hot water with ivory liquid and carborator cleaner sprayed into it and easily brushing/wiping the carbon off. The carb cleaner probably wasn't necessary, but it was "beer-thirty" and we were in a hurry. A scalding rinse allows the parts to dry in minutes, once cool, a thorough coat of oil, break free or WD-40 prevents rust. - John
 
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John, he is doing this to prepare for rust bluing. Coating with oil or wd-40 means you just have to do it all over again.
 
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As a side note, don't use it as a engine degreaser if you have any pretty aluminum parts under the hood. It raises all kinds of hell. It is a heck of a degreaser and then some.
 
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No shit Rog - the stuff really is called Purple Power - says so right on the bottle.........
 
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Well, this isn't the first time I've felt stupid and it probably won't be the last...nevermind - John
 
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Super Clean is awesome stuff! I got it for cleaning up dirty old engines, which it does admirably.

My wife took mine over for bathroom cleaning jobs. I had to get her her own spray bottle and explain about the big refill jugs. She goes through it pretty fast. Can't beat it for nasty toilet and shower crud.
 
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Thanks for the tip Bill, If they were rusting that fast, maybe you didn't rinse them well enough. I would use a scalding hot water rinse, so the moisture evaporates off the hot metal more quickly.

I have thoroughly cleaned gunked up guns by submerging them in real hot water with ivory liquid and carborator cleaner sprayed into it and easily brushing/wiping the carbon off. The carb cleaner probably wasn't necessary, but it was "beer-thirty" and we were in a hurry. A scalding rinse allows the parts to dry in minutes, once cool, a thorough coat of oil, break free or WD-40 prevents rust. - John



For those of you who use carb cleaner, it contains a lubricant for the carb linkage. This is where it differs from brake clean, which is pure cleaning solvent(thirty plus years experience in the automotive industry).So depending on what you're doing, carb cleaner may not be the best choice.


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Bill, is it a Castrol product?

By the way Ricochet, I think I first heard of this stuff from you. I was telling Bill that I heard about the purple cleaner from here on the forum, but I couldn't remember who told me. Thanks for the tip, it has worked well for me.
 
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The stuff I bought is made by Clean Rite.
 
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Glad to help, Roger!

I think this "Purple Power" stuff is a newer competitor to Super Clean. Bet they're just about the same.

Got to wondering last night what this stuff will do in a rifle bore. I've got a mothballed M91/30 scheduled to arrive by UPS tomorrow. I've used gasoline in the past to get Cosmoline out; Super Clean just might be useful. It sure works on gunky, hardened, decades-old dirty grease on antique stationary engines.
 
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