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Old 26th May 2010, 10:50 PM
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My ancient B&Q £29 Power devil pressure washer is still going strong & does a decent enough job

Mind you, it takes forever to clean the patio & concrete paths but then, that's Junior's problem because he does that job

I had a nice industrial pressure washer that I bought at a farm sale, cranked up on full pressure, it would strip paint & underseal

Loaned it to a friend of a friend & never saw it again .... lost a lot of good kit like that .... Oh well, some lessons are harder to learn than others
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:07 PM
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I used some dgreaser and a paint brush to get the oily deposits off. I then got busy with a wire brush in the drill, taking about an hour per side -

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Old 27th May 2010, 09:38 AM
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A wife works pretty well
I have an MT75 alloy box, I did that with a rotary wire brush in the drill, took ages to get in all the little nooks and crannies. The engine was cleaned with the same, some gunk and a hand held wore brush. Gunk stinks, it gets in to your skin and you smell funny for a week. Having said that it's cheaper than after shave and much more manly to boot
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Old 27th May 2010, 09:47 AM
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Having said that it's cheaper than after shave and much more manly to boot

made me smile on this fine sunny day ,

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Old 27th May 2010, 04:05 PM
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I used Cillit Bang on my engine as a degreaser, used the wire cup in drill trick to get the rest off. Two coats of satin Hammerite and it looks real nice these days.... with the bonnet on
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Old 28th May 2010, 05:13 AM
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Any water based degreaser even palmolive dishwash,the mineral degreasers are better but absorbed by the skin into the liver so be carefull with these.
then sandblast either wet or dry with a cheap sandblast kit or make your own from the popular mechanics homemade 1950 s sandblaster plans on the net.
A needle scaler
,compressed air is a tool worth having also as a lot of dirt has to be scraped off by hand but a sandblaster is quick and real pro leaving an as new finish.
I would do all the donor parts with a sandblaster.
I dont like the latest fad of chemical /electrolitic degreasing for a number of reasons.David
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Old 28th May 2010, 09:55 AM
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I used Cillit Bang on my engine as a degreaser, used the wire cup in drill trick to get the rest off. Two coats of satin Hammerite and it looks real nice these days.... with the bonnet on
I can vouch for that Steve .... Looking very smart in your engine bay

Honestly .... Fancy nicking the wife's Cillit Bang .... I can see that I have a lot to learn about Lo-costing .... Would never have thought of that
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