degreaser

bass · Nov 27, 2016

got a 4row planter on black Friday. it is still on the trailer and changed down. trying to decrease it. currently, im spraying it with diesel and pine oil. gonna keep this up all week then take it to a car wash next weekend and wash it down.

any of y'all got a good degreaser that will clean 60 years of crud?

thanks

bass

Amos'Angus · Nov 27, 2016

oven cleaner from the Dollar Store, it works great and does a better job than the name brand, just let set for 24 hours or so and power wash, you may have to apply again, I just did a 48 year old tractor and had to redo some of the real caked on places but it did take to paint and in some places to bare metal

notjustair · Nov 27, 2016

Super Clean. It's in a purple gallon jug. It works as well as oven cleaner but leaves the paint intact.

donjr · Nov 27, 2016

Try a can of ether.....

JMS/.MN · Nov 27, 2016

A steam cleaner works wonders, but even a cold pressure washer should clean that up easily. I doubt that the car wash, and the municipality, likes getting fuel products in the sewer.

Mike(NEOhio) · Nov 27, 2016

With that much crud scrape it off first with a putty knife and screwdriver, then go to the degreaser.

ben brown · Nov 28, 2016

easy off oven cleaner

WESnIL · Nov 28, 2016

My first choice would be a steam cleaner. Short of that use a high pressure washer. I find that a little
warmer water helps. Be careful as some pressure washers don't like really hot water. Soaking with diesel
fuel or a combination of gas and diesel fuel also works well. In short repeated use of the high pressure
washer may be the most economical.

bjr · Nov 30, 2016

Use Kersene instead of the diesel. It's worth the extra expense. bjr

Rich'sToys · Nov 30, 2016

I use paint thinner. It works well and doesn't leave an oily film like diesel fuel.
As mentioned, I'd use a putty knife first on the one pictured. then clean it up afterward with thinner.

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