Cleaning gungy Flexowriter

[jpero at sympatico.ca]

> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> writes:
> 
>  Tom> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>  >> A word of warning here.... Castrol Super Clean (the original
>  >> purple degreaser) can degloss paint and fade some plastics.  If an
>  >> alternative can't be found, I'd dilute it with water before
>  >> contact with the machine.
> 
>  Tom> A good point; this stuff is HARSH. It's a degreaser, and
>  Tom> contains a lot of lye, amongst other things, it eats skin
>  Tom> (literally makign you bleed if you leave it on your skin). I
>  Tom> didn't say, but it seems obvious, rapidly effective chemistry
>  Tom> isn't selective, and cover your ass and other parts liberally
>  Tom> with latex gloves (no remarks please). I use two layers with
>  Tom> this stuff.
> 
> If you meant "latex" literally, that may be problematic.  Latex rubber
> dissolves in lots of things.  Vinyl may be better.  For anything as
> nasty as lye, I'd go for nothing less than sturdy neoprene gloves.
> 
>       paul

I stopped using that purple stuff, it is POWERFUL but this will 
corrode non-ferrous stuff like aluminum alloy, zinc alloy (potmetal) 
etc.  Don't like it but it cuts through grease junk like no tomorrow.

So I went back to old fashioned degreaser that was common back then 
that smelled like keno (pinkish)  Easy on stuff and still cut through 
grease and oily stuff.  I still wear nitrile gloves for any 
cleanings.

Cheers,

Wizard