I have an old Safety Kleen tank from back when I worked in a local dealership. The old fluids are pretty much spent now in my hobby use garage. My question is what is everyone using now that the old original formular has changed and what works best now? What do you use and reccomend?
Me too John, the paint stores cheapo brand laquer thinner works great. Buy it in 5 gal cans for a better price.
We used to buy mineral spirits and mix it with Stoddard solvent , most paint stores used to carry it but I don't know these days.,Lacquer thinner works but evaporates pretty fast.
mineral spirts and stoddard solvent are very close to each other so they eliminated it ( used to haul lots of the stuff ) at the shop we went to mineral spirits and some liquid tide to help with breaking the grease down better , have ot be carefull as if its pushed thru the pump it will foam . but the soap does seam to help more as the parts aren't as greasy when you pull them out and wash off easy in water , in my home tank I use zeps purple cleaner ( also rubbermaid brand ) 1 5 gallon container of purple to 15 gallons of water , only bad thing is it will eat aluminum as it has caustic in it , the good is the 5 gallons is 40 bucks . and can be disposed easier .
I like to line my barrel with a lawn and garden trash bag and use straight Mineral spirits. The sediments are easier to cleanout of your barrel with the trash bag liner.
Hey!! I'm in the same boat!! What to do with the old fluid? Can it be disposed of at a recycling place? Can it be taken back to Safety Kleen,but keep the container? Pete
We switched to this in the shop and have good luck with it. Ozzy Juice http://www.chemfree.com/compare/ozzyjuice-compare.html
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