CV grease cleans up sweet with....

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:36 pm

wax and grease remover - the clear liquid looks and smells a bit like thinners, also known as Prepsol. Degreaser don't do stuff all in the clean up of this soap based? gunk

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:50 pm

Brake cleaner is what i use.

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:21 am

Good Stuff - I was not looking forward to trying to clean all the CV grease that's splattered throughout the engine bay when the 2 cv boots let go.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:40 am

Turps works really well too.

Jordan.

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:01 am

Prepsol FTW! i love it. Tho sugar soap is also up there!

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:23 am

Is the idea just to put whatever your cleaner of choice is into a pressurised spray bottle and give the engine bay a good spray, let it soak & then hose off?

What are the tricks you guys use? I know I need to cover the dizz before I hit it with the hose in the Brumby but what else should you do in prep to get a good result (easily) without drowning anything?

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:40 pm

i thought you meant to get it off your hands! haha. i was reading almost in tears!

alex

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:17 pm

Reading back the other replies - I rekon it was the hands they were talking about - hah.

I hear you run a pretty clean engine bay Alex - what do you do after taking Wanky through the mud & dust?

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:47 pm

I was talking about cleaning the actual joint and surrounding splatter, the turps breaks down the cv grease, stops it sticking to everything.

Jordan.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:58 pm

LOL no way am i talking bout hands....

thatd almost certainly give u dermatitis or wteva its called.

only use ACTUAL hand cleaner on your hands people

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:56 pm

Reg Brumbys wrote: Reading back the other replies - I rekon it was the hands they were talking about - hah.

I hear you run a pretty clean engine bay Alex - what do you do after taking Wanky through the mud & dust?

haha...u dont wanna see my engine bay at the moment. Its absolutely grotty.

But the degreaser at the car places and high pressure soap does pretty damn well!

alex

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:17 pm

I first discovered when cleaning up the under bonnet spatter, but have since used it when rebooting with Oeticker Brand boots, so have cleaned out both the bearing cages, the cups and YES , MY HANDS to , and the bench top. "so that is why my hands feel yucko ?"

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:18 pm

after the engine bay degrease spray the bay with your choice of WD40 stuff so the next mud bath washes off heaps easier.

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:51 am

sugar soap and a small brush and before u know it you can eat off the thing

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:51 pm

I use petrol myself & toothbrush.. works well.
Cheers
AP

tex · Post by **tex** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:17 pm

Brake cleaner is usually the best thing on grease and oil but your paint sure as he'll won't like it.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:27 pm

PETROL !! stinks to high hell and cannot stand the smell one little bit - one reason why i use LPG