GIRTHQUAKE said:Another vote for a simple green mix, but you should especially try to make the mix either as warm or hot as you can and get it to foam. You need it to "lift" the grease off and out, and things need to be warm to open the pores.
WonkoTheSane (Forum Supporter) said:joey48442 said:I work on machines from shops for a living. Trans flush machines and such. They. Are. Nasty. Nothing gets treated as poorly as how a tech treats something that he doesn't own. But anyway, simple green is what I use. And it has to be mixed about 50/5 with water. For some reason it works better mixed than it does straight.
Probably unrelated to this specific problem, but I read a report from a medical research place (John Hopkins?) once that said that 70% alcohol (30% water) is better at disinfecting than 90%. Something about the water serving as a way to get more alcohol molecules in contact with the walls of the virus/bacterial cells. I'm not clear on the specifics (obviously! :)), but I thought that was interesting. Maybe it's something like that?
Yes- it works because the water opens the pores of the living cell which allows more alcohol inside to dehydrate the internals. 90% isn't as good because it's so potent externally the cell tries to harden itself against it.
Cells? Like cleaning leather? I'm usually cleaning plastic and metal. Also, I meant 50/50 not 50/5...!
