ok this idea might be a bit fuelled by alcohol but I have been cleaning masses of parts recently including using vinegar to remove rust and was looking at one of those tanks for dip cleaning but was thinking their a bit pricey for all that they are.

Then I thought what about a second hand dishwasher! I've seen them advertised for around £100, I could put a plastic water tank on top so I would recycle the cleaning fluid or change it over to vinegar if the parts were rusty.

No smell, no waste and scalding hot jets - how cool would that be

Absolutely Barking Mad idea!

But

If you want a cheap dishwasher try your local council tip ( or waste recycling centre if you're posh) they've loads of washers, fridges, dishwashers etc. stacked in a corner.

Brother in law was having a garden party required alcohol cooling equipment, went to, as he calls it "the white goods section" and bought a fridge and a freezer for a fiver each, woman said that if they didn't work to bring them back and try another.

Now Thats Locost

Yeah, we tried to do that for the same reason, but out local tip wouldnt let use have one.
- I was quite supprised, as there a night mare to dispose of.
- In the end we got a nearly new full hieght fridgefreeser for £25 of ebay, guy was clearning out his mums old house after she had moved into a home, bless.

But yeah, i like the idea of having a washing machine running on degreasing fluid!
- Initall conserns would be how the degreaser would cope with being heated, espically for the rinse cycal where it gets very hot. And secondly how the pumps/seals in the dishwasher would cope with the degreaser? Although dishwasher powder is fairly nasty as it it!


Daniel

i won a neff dishwasher off ebay for 57p.

it was for our student house but our landlord won't let us have one. i'll sell you it for £30 mr whippy
tom

Local engine reconditioner near here swears by dishwashers.

He has a huge commercial dishwasher that he uses for everything before he starts to machine bits. He also uses standard dishwasher chemicals, if it will clean a baked on saucepan then most things will come out clean

Dishwasher chemicals trash Aluminium, they tend to be very alcaline and will take the finish and surface off cat ally, cheap cast ally will end up pitted, take care!

Caber

....but so do most industrial hotwash chemicals as used by normal engine machine shops, ally usually goes dull grey after a trip there.

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Dishwasher chemicals trash Aluminium, they tend to be very alcaline and will take the finish and surface off cat ally, cheap cast ally will end up pitted, take care!

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My son has a new glass washer in his pub. Guess where his old one is?

You could use clothes washing stuff, instead of dishwasher tablets, that should be less agressive on alluminium. will also bring a nice smell to the otherwise Oily stench in the garage

I normaly do small parts in the one in the kitchen (when swmbo is not home) but without tablets, so sort of steam only programm. works pretty good just make sure you clean out the filter otherwise she'll notice

Grtz Thomas

errr

frost have the ultrasonic parts washer, so how would you go about converting a cheap parts washer into a hot ultrasonic parts washer?