cosmoline removal..

[nando]

I remember reading about a product that was specifically made to dissolve cosmoline. I'm pulling my head off this weekend or the next and I want to clean everything up. I bought a whole gallon of castrol superclean, it works great on grease, but it doesn't do much to cosmoline and it also discolors aluminum (like my intake manifold, radiator, etc).

I think the product was carried by griot's garage, anyone know for sure?

[e9nine]

If you're doing the head why not have a shop tank it? I know NAPA stores with machine shops do it. I was gonna call to get a quote today but I forgot. If you're referring to the VC and intake mani, you can get paint stripper from Autozone, Pepboys etc.

[nando]

If you're doing the head why not have a shop tank it?

because it's kinda hard to drive to a shop when your motor is in peices. ;)

I also want to clean the cosmoline off all the painted areas on my car, so paint stripper is not going to work.

[nando]

seems like gun collectors get to deal with the same problem, I got a lot of things to try from them: http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...line/index.asp

also, the product I was thinking about made just for cosmoline removal is made by zymol: http://www.zymol.com/strik2.htm

$31 bucks, I'll probably try some of the simpler methods first.

[cahomey]

I remember Jordan saying use gasoline.

[golde30]

i used a steam gun that dealers use for engines and whatnot...that took off ALOT of cosmoline that was on my old motor...

[nando]

I remember Jordan saying use gasoline.

yeah, but I'm not going to use gasoline on the paint in my engine bay, which is already pretty fragile.

[Nathan]

I believe Jordan used Diesel. Works great as long as your cleaning individual pieces and you can soak them.

[nando]

tried some citrus based cleaner on the cosmoline, it works a little better than super clean (and doesn't discolor shit) but it's off the shelf shit and not strong enough. I ended up ordering some of that Zymol "Strik" which is made specifically for cosmoline, I'll let you guys know how well it works.

[bmwm3n528]

Zep's w/ wire brush works well on the unpainted items.

[nando]

yeah but that won't do me much good on the rest of my engine bay. if it comes down to it I could just sandblast the intake, but I don't really want to do that either.