Thread: Lathe clean up

Originally Posted by wheelinround

As usual I did my lathe maintenance and clean up.

Over time I have tried various liquids to remove the grunge and crime of finishes from the lathe, Metho, Kero, Mineral Turps even WD40 which does two jobs and I was finding best to use. While cleaning my hands with that sanitizer soap I dribbled some on the painted surface quickly grabbed a rag and wiped it off fearing rust promoter to my surprise I saw white paint not grime. So I pumped a bit more onto the rag and continued to wipe the casting and removed very easy the grime. I still sprayed with WD40 tho afterwards its not 100% but all ready for more work.

Ha ha dont you just love serendipity of some accidents.

Could you please give us more details of "sanitizer soap", such as brand etc.

Cheers
Col

If it's the usual, rapid-evaporating hand sanitiser, you'll find the main ingredient in those is methylated spirits. Metho is such a handy cleaner I scerw a trigger spray head onto a 1 litre bottle of it.

Originally Posted by BlackbuttWA

Could you please give us more details of "sanitizer soap", such as brand etc.

Cheers
Col

Ah well as i have two bottles one either end of workshop and I know LOML refills with what ever she buys in larger bottle not able to help much there. I know the latest lot in one bottle is overpowering in alcohol and stings like buggery when it gets in a cut.

Just checked brand is an Aldi brand choose your own scent LOL.

This is untested, but struck me as amazing....I dropped a big blob of thin CA on my table saw when I was doing some pens. I quickly wiped it up and underneath was pristine. Even the surface oxidation was gone.

I haven't retested it.

Originally Posted by Evanism

This is untested, but struck me as amazing....I dropped a big blob of thin CA on my table saw when I was doing some pens. I quickly wiped it up and underneath was pristine. Even the surface oxidation was gone.

I haven't retested it.

By "testing" you're not thinking thin layer all over

Thanks Ray, this is good to know. I probably would have tackled it with white spirits.

So far, though, I've remembered to lay some newspaper on the bed, so it's still pristine. (Have I just jinxed myself?)

A couple of times I have spilt CA on the saw table and later cleaned it of with an all purpose
chisel. Always get a you beaut clean spot. I think it lifts the grime from the pores as well
as picking up surface dirt.