Mr Whippy
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 posted on 10/2/08 at 06:00 PM |
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V cool parts cleaner
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 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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fatfranky
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 06:14 PM |
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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
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dhutch
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 07:22 PM |
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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
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indykid
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 08:44 PM |
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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
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mark chandler
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 09:26 PM |
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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
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caber
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 09:47 PM |
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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!
Caber
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NS Dev
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 09:50 PM |
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....but so do most industrial hotwash chemicals as used by normal engine machine shops, ally usually goes dull grey after a trip there.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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dhutch
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| posted on 10/2/08 at 10:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by caber
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!
Yeah, i made a right mess of a brandnew anodised aluminum tray i tryed to clean in our dishwasher (out of pure lazyness).
- It wasnt too bad over most of it, but the area that had held water while it dried was a dark grey quite a lot less smooth!
Daniel
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 09:53 PM |
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My son has a new glass washer in his pub. Guess where his old one is? 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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thomas4age
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| posted on 13/2/08 at 03:07 PM |
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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
If Lucas made guns, Wars wouldn't start either.
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wax-it
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| posted on 28/2/08 at 02:44 PM |
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errr
frost have the ultrasonic parts washer, so how would you go about converting a cheap parts washer into a hot ultrasonic parts washer?
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