The Pine Sol degreaser thread

Wish I had seen this last summer before I spent $80 on solvent for my parts washer...   :computer-noworky:

Looks like it works pretty darn good!

http://www.advrider....ad.php?t=560117

Fantastico!

I love it.  

I also found out, accidentally, that Plexis is an excellent degreaser for the tar and black label chain lube that gets on my chrome Microns.

Good find, Mr Speed.......

hhmmm 3 days of soaking.. i spend 1 buck for an aluminum baking pan.. 1 buck for a paslic bucket (to catch any overflow.) and 15 for a 1 gallon can of GUNK carb dip.
wrap the pan around the disasembled carbs..
place in plastick bucket.. pour in the gunk.. let sit for 30 min.. looks like new..
same as the pine col ..just much faster..
i guess if your doing stuff at home taking your time pine sol is the ticket.. in a shop.. GUNK.. :fing02:

[image: View Post]gll429, on 13 April 2010 - 08:19 PM, said:

hhmmm 3 days of soaking.. i spend 1 buck for an aluminum baking pan.. 1 buck for a paslic bucket (to catch any overflow.) and 15 for a 1 gallon can of GUNK carb dip.
wrap the pan around the disasembled carbs..
place in plastick bucket.. pour in the gunk.. let sit for 30 min.. looks like new..
same as the pine col ..just much faster..
i guess if your doing stuff at home taking your time pine sol is the ticket.. in a shop.. GUNK.. :fing02:

I've got a bucket of that too, works great as well. Pine Sol seems to do the trick for the budget minded, besides, it's good to have options! Like I said, it seems I could have filled my parts washer with this instead... also, you never know, the store might be closed - now you can reach under the kitchen sink for a solution!   :fing02:

I have found that Simple Green works well also.

[image: View Post]200sr20, on 14 April 2010 - 11:15 AM, said:

I have found that Simple Green works well also.


While simple green is a great cleaner, it will DESTROY certain materials, like the gaskets in your chain.  Ask me how I know...

[image: View Post]Alien VFR, on 14 April 2010 - 11:19 AM, said:

[image: View Post]200sr20, on 14 April 2010 - 11:15 AM, said:

I have found that Simple Green works well also.


While simple green is a great cleaner, it will DESTROY certain materials, like the gaskets in your chain.  Ask me how I know...

It will also degrade aluminum if not rinsed properly.

Seb,
Thanks for the tip.
I have a bunch of greasy parts in need of cleaning and I really puzzled over how the hek to clean them up.
I really did not want to keep a bucket full of harsh stinky chemicals in the garage.
Pinesol I can live with. :lobby:

I needed a bike size vat to stick my whole bike in, boy it was filthy!

[image: View Post]HispanicSlammer, on 14 April 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

I needed a bike size vat to stick my whole bike in, boy it was filthy!

Old bathtub?   :pissed:    :lobby:

Just put Pine Sol on my shopping list. Thanks for the great tip! Posted Image

[image: View Post]HispanicSlammer, on 14 April 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

I needed a bike size vat to stick my whole bike in, boy it was filthy!
:lobby:

Mine too, right Seb?

[image: View Post]Alien VFR, on 14 April 2010 - 11:19 AM, said:

[image: View Post]200sr20, on 14 April 2010 - 11:15 AM, said:

I have found that Simple Green works well also.


While simple green is a great cleaner, it will DESTROY certain materials, like the gaskets in your chain.  Ask me how I know...

On the other hand, I bet your soon-to-be-replaced chain had never looked better - just like mine did after a Simple Green scrubbing.   :woohoo: :pissed:

LMAO!

I'm in the process of restoring a 1971 Kawasaki F7 enduro that hasn't been ridden for approx 10 years and the time that it was ridden (9k miles) was 95% off road. Therefore there is a lot of old baked on grease, dirt and crap. I have tried the Pine Sol parts wash basin, and while it works well for dirt, grease from the chain and swingarm pivot area laughs at the "de-greasing" powers. I'd say that if you have some serious funk going on, that you better spend the jack on real degreaser. On a second note, it appears to take off paint too if left too long. I have been letting parts soak for 3 to 4 days at a time, some parts do two or three cycles, and when they come out after a longer soak the paint is blistered. This may be the fact that it is a 40 year old bike, or it may be the fact that it is paint and not powder, but I don't think that I'd trust my VFR parts in the solution. For reference, my solution is mixed 5 parts pine sol 3 parts water.

Results from doing the carbs off my 91.

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This is a great tip. Never would have thought about using PSol. Much better alternative to the cleaners I've used. THX!

[image: View Post]old450, on 18 February 2011 - 02:34 PM, said:

Results from doing the carbs off my 91.

Nice work, they look great!!

Just wanted to say thanks to Sebspeed for starting this thread.  It would have never occurred to me to try Pine Sol as a degreaser.  I picked up a used vacuum-actuated petcock for my DR650 on eBay recently.  Great deal ($5 plus $6 shipping for a part that sells for $85 at the stealer...), but it came pretty dirty.  I rummaged around under the kitchen sink and came up with a half bottle of Pine Sol. I soaked the petcock in five parts Pine Sol, one part water for about 24 hours and it came out looking almost like new!  I will second what someone else said though, don't stick your hands in the Pine Sol tub for very long without gloves.  I decided to scrub at the petcock with a small brush for a while and found that it sucks all the oil out of your hands too.

Be careful if you use this on old carbs that are the grey cast aluminum ones.  I let a couple soak and after a few days I took them out.  It made the aluminum to start rubbing off.


You can always boil carbs.

http://www.randakks.com/TechTip52.htm

[image: View Post]rangerscott69, on 20 February 2011 - 11:51 PM, said:

Be careful if you use this on old carbs that are the grey cast aluminum ones.  I let a couple soak and after a few days I took them out.  It made the aluminum to start rubbing off.


You can always boil carbs.

http://www.randakks.com/TechTip52.htm
I'm not doubting you, just makes me wonder why if it doesn't seem to hurt rubber?

[image: View Post]Monk, on 21 February 2011 - 12:06 AM, said:

I'm not doubting you, just makes me wonder why if it doesn't seem to hurt rubber?

I've seen reports of the Pine Sol swelling/deteriorating small rubber components - please remove as many of the rubber parts as possible before soaking parts for long periods of time.

nobody uses kerosene anymore?

[image: View Post]ericlw, on 21 February 2011 - 09:27 AM, said:

nobody uses kerosene anymore?

The Pine Sol smells better? :goofy: What's kero cost in your area right now? It's about $3.75/gal here.

So do you use the Pine-Sol streight or do you dilute it?

The carbs on the Nighthawk are in need of a good cleaning and thought I would try it.

[image: View Post]old450, on 18 February 2011 - 02:34 PM, said:

Results from doing the carbs off my 91.




With What???   :blush:

[image: View Post]Monk, on 21 February 2011 - 12:06 AM, said:

[image: View Post]rangerscott69, on 20 February 2011 - 11:51 PM, said:

Be careful if you use this on old carbs that are the grey cast aluminum ones.  I let a couple soak and after a few days I took them out.  It made the aluminum to start rubbing off.


You can always boil carbs.

http://www.randakks.com/TechTip52.htm
I'm not doubting you, just makes me wonder why if it doesn't seem to hurt rubber?


Beats me.  I dunked two little sleeve type carbs for a 80 degree single piston engine.    The aluminum looks like lead weights.   Made the aluminum slippery and just rubbed off on my glove.

[image: View Post]BaileyRock, on 27 February 2011 - 03:20 PM, said:

[image: View Post]old450, on 18 February 2011 - 02:34 PM, said:

Results from doing the carbs off my 91.




With What???   :blush:

The jets and needles etc. soaked about 24hrs in straight Pine Sol. The stripped Carb assembly soaked in a vat of 50% - 60% hot tap water for about 18hrs.