Engine bay cleaning
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Re: Engine bay cleaning
I've been using Armor All Tire Foam on my tires and certain engine bay components for years without problem.
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This thread pisses me off because it reminds me of this...
The second to last time (August) I was home in Michigan, I was feeling ambitious and pulled the valve cover off my CRX to repaint it. I had it looking perfect and was proud of how it looked. Anyways, fast forward to this winter (February). I returned to Michigan again, only this time there is a foot of snow on the ground and two foot of salt compliments of MDOT. The salt spray covered the engine bay and made it look like shit. So... upon my return to Virginia, I sprayed Simple Green on my engine compartment and washed it with a pressure washer, only for the Simple Green to strip all the paint off.
Moral of the story: Be careful with Simple Green.
The second to last time (August) I was home in Michigan, I was feeling ambitious and pulled the valve cover off my CRX to repaint it. I had it looking perfect and was proud of how it looked. Anyways, fast forward to this winter (February). I returned to Michigan again, only this time there is a foot of snow on the ground and two foot of salt compliments of MDOT. The salt spray covered the engine bay and made it look like shit. So... upon my return to Virginia, I sprayed Simple Green on my engine compartment and washed it with a pressure washer, only for the Simple Green to strip all the paint off.
Moral of the story: Be careful with Simple Green.
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Re: Engine bay cleaning
This thread pisses me off because it reminds me of this...
The second to last time (August) I was home in Michigan, I was feeling ambitious and pulled the valve cover off my CRX to repaint it. I had it looking perfect and was proud of how it looked. Anyways, fast forward to this winter (February). I returned to Michigan again, only this time there is a foot of snow on the ground and two foot of salt compliments of MDOT. The salt spray covered the engine bay and made it look like shit. So... upon my return to Virginia, I sprayed Simple Green on my engine compartment and washed it with a pressure washer, only for the Simple Green to strip all the paint off.
Moral of the story: Be careful with Simple Green.
The second to last time (August) I was home in Michigan, I was feeling ambitious and pulled the valve cover off my CRX to repaint it. I had it looking perfect and was proud of how it looked. Anyways, fast forward to this winter (February). I returned to Michigan again, only this time there is a foot of snow on the ground and two foot of salt compliments of MDOT. The salt spray covered the engine bay and made it look like shit. So... upon my return to Virginia, I sprayed Simple Green on my engine compartment and washed it with a pressure washer, only for the Simple Green to strip all the paint off.
Moral of the story: Be careful with Simple Green.
I used it to clean my air filter and i used a ~80/20 water/consentrated simple green mixture in a bucket (maybe even more water), swirled it around for about 15 seconds and it looked brand new.
The stuff is powerful, so you have to use it with care.
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Lol, i hear ya. Even with the 80/20 mix i was a little worried it would break down the filter and i was gunna be suckin up fabric.
It worked great tho....but i cant stress enough how careful you have to be with it.
My class is building a dodge omni and when we got done stripping the interior for the cage, i decided to bring is some concetrated simple green cuz we needed to clean the grime/dirt/grease/etc from the inside so it could be painted (the car had been sitting for years at a junk yard with no windows).
Took about 10 minutes with the stuff and a pressure washer and it looked like you could eat off of it.
It worked great tho....but i cant stress enough how careful you have to be with it.
My class is building a dodge omni and when we got done stripping the interior for the cage, i decided to bring is some concetrated simple green cuz we needed to clean the grime/dirt/grease/etc from the inside so it could be painted (the car had been sitting for years at a junk yard with no windows).
Took about 10 minutes with the stuff and a pressure washer and it looked like you could eat off of it.
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