The Ford Barn

Ak Sourdough · 02-03-2021, 05:32 PM

Being a country boy, I have a big wood stove in my metal fab shop. I soak parts in diesel to dilute/remove the petroleum based adhesive that is bonding the dirt to the parts. A small amount of scraping and scrubbing and the metal is bare. Hadn't thought about using the wife's toothbrush... an idea that would be quite tempting at times.

The dirty diesel is then mixed with sawdust from my wood shop (another waste product that needs to be dealt with around here) and burned in my wood stove. A quart or so of dirty diesel saturated sawdust really gets the fire started in the morning.

02-03-2021, 05:32 PM	#25
Ak Sourdough Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Posts: 126	Re: Cleaning parts Being a country boy, I have a big wood stove in my metal fab shop. I soak parts in diesel to dilute/remove the petroleum based adhesive that is bonding the dirt to the parts. A small amount of scraping and scrubbing and the metal is bare. Hadn't thought about using the wife's toothbrush... an idea that would be quite tempting at times. The dirty diesel is then mixed with sawdust from my wood shop (another waste product that needs to be dealt with around here) and burned in my wood stove. A quart or so of dirty diesel saturated sawdust really gets the fire started in the morning. __________________ I still have an excellent rememberer, trouble is my forgetter is so much better that it often overrides the rememberer.