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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 63 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 63 | Okay the cab came off of the frame today. There is so much grease, oil, dirt, etc. that I used some chisels to scrape some of the worst off but: What do I use to clean off the frame and degrease it so I can get ready to paint the frame? Thanks for all of the advice, Wayne
PS. Thanks to my wife for letting me work on the truck on Mother's Day. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 | Rent a high pressure washer, works well. Expecially on the hottest setting. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 28 | Wayne, like you, I scrapped most of the "crud" off, then sprayed several cans of Oven Cleaner on the frame.
Let it sit 15 or so minutes, then take the water hose to it. ( A pressure washer would be ideal!)
It takes it all off, including paint and primer!
Be SURE to wear eye protection! This stuff is caustic, and will eat skin! - I know, I was wearing shorts, and didn't feel it on my skin, till I started burning!
Again...wear EYE Protection, one stray gust of wind, a little overspray in your eye, and it's BAD news. Good Luck! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | I think a pressure washer is the way to go. I have a 2700 psi, but wish I had a 3500 psi. If you can get one that heats the water (steam cleaner), it will work great. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | use easy off oven cleaner
spray it on
let it sit a long time
spray more on
let it sit a long time
repeat
B4 you go rent one see if you have a portable car wash guy in town. he'll be more than happy to pull right up to your home, spend an hour doing your truck and charge you much less that it would be if you went to rent the dang thing for a minimun of 3 hrs @ $100.
&&& much less hassle on you.
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you'll get cudos at the market for buying the stuff, having the women clerks thinking you're a great husband ..............
just smile
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Try Castrol Super Clean. We use it to clean the
floors in our shop and takes up all the crud rather quickly. Make sure to rinse thuroughly
afterwards. It'll strip paint too, and chrome from plastic parts.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | One thing that worked very well for me was a braided wire brush on the end of a drill. It knocked the gunk off and allowed the solvent to get right down to the frame. I also used the rest as described above. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 | I spent two weeks grinding the front half of my frame down the the metal... and about a day on the back half using oven cleaner and a scraper....
Another quality post.
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