Nasty, grimy exhaust soot in leg

[Steve A W]

Soak it in 50/50 Pinesal/water.
I’ve cut smaller amounts of carbon, never had a
build up like You describe.

Steve A W

Member of the MOB chapter.
I live in Northwest Indiana

[wiscoboater]

Well guys,
I tried the purple stuff, oven cleaner and PB Blaster. The winner is….(insert drum roll here)

PB Blaster by a long shot.
The purple cleaner did little to nothing to cut through the thick nasty baked on carbon. Was a waste of time really.

The oven cleaner did a good job of burning the hair in my nose with the fumes and got some off but even after letting it soak for an hour did not get the bad stuff at all. One thing I did like about the oven cleaner was the way it ate through the paint. The merc mid section has some fine logos and lettering cast in to it. Sand blasting would ruin that detail, where as the oven cleaner left it all intact. I would only advise using it outside though. The fumes were bad.

The PB Blaster I sprayed on and let soak in. It started to dissolve the thick crud right away. I resprayed again after about an hour and let it soak in again. It ate through the thick stuff really well. After I rinsed it off I hit it with the purple stuff and It came out clean as could be. The PB fumes are pretty strong for indoor use as well, but in December in Wisconsin I did not have much for options.

Wannabe

[jeff-register]

Putty Knife Eh? Someone wasn’t using Mercury oil I bet!

[Pondrocket]

I take my power washer to the inside then warm soapie water and scrub the heck out of it after that hit it with my soda blaster.

Travis

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[wiscoboater]

I was looking into having the whole thing soda blasted. There are few in my area, and the ones that are have the large mobile units that they bring out to your house. $200 minimum just to show up and set up. Guess I’ll be stripping by hand and glass beading what will fit in my blast cabinet.

[Pondrocket]

I have this mini soda blaster with which I use on the hood then all other areas that have markings. Then I take to my sand blast guy for the rest which isn’t to pricy. Yes soda blasting is expensive but works well. For my set up you have to have a dryer so you compressor doesn’t fill the soda bottle with moisture and the little machines work well but you have to put effort into the process. My next tool will be a blasting cabinet. Harbor Freight is where I purchased it. Also works well on Pistons and block.

Travis

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[jeff-register]

Please be careful what you expose your body to. It may last longer than that afternoon it was needed. Carb cleaner has always worked the best for me.

[wiscoboater]

Travis, I have looked at that soda blaster before. How much does it hold, how much blast time do you get out of it per load, where do you buy the media, and what is the cost of the media? Looking at it in the ad it gives very little info.

Thanks,
Wannabe

[Mumbles]

It looks like Princess Auto up North here carries the same unit. A 50 lb. bag of soda is going for $55 on sale.

http://www.princessauto.com/en/content/soda-blasting

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