Best Degreaser

[ProjectCumminsBronco]

Does anyone have a suggestion on a good degreaser to get 30yrs of oil and crap off an NP435/205 to get it cleaned up for a fresh coat of paint?

 

[reynard101]

I like the Super Clean brand (used to be Castrol Super Clean, but now it's just Super Clean). And as you probably already know, with oil, grease, grim and dirt you'll still need to physically scrub the big chunks away. Works good and cutting the great though.

If you've got access to a steam clean or hot pressure washer I highly recommend them.

 

[Hoppy]

I like the Super Clean brand (used to be Castrol Super Clean, but now it's just Super Clean). And as you probably already know, with oil, grease, grim and dirt you'll still need to physically scrub the big chunks away. Works good and cutting the great though.

If you've got access to a steam clean or hot pressure washer I highly recommend them.

Zep purple works awesome
get it at homer despot

the coin op pressure washer is good as well

 

[marty]

eazy-off oven cleaner works pretty well too.

 

[ransil]

generic oven cleaner , scrape the heavy gunk with a scraper either first or after the first spraydown.

 

[barronj]

Oven cleaner has always been our solution when it's late night, the parts store is closed, but the grocery store is open.

 

[Dirtheadz]

EZ off, but watch the seals. works great. Do it at a car wash and don't get caught. My 2 cents

 

[TN1776]

Harbor freight sells a water-based degreaser that works as well as super clean. It's sold by the gallon and is purple in color. Costco sells a product called Oil Eater that also works well.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

The Oil Eater seems to work pretty good for me.
The biggest thing with about any degreaser is keeping it wet and giving time to work , 10 , 15 , 30 minutes ....depends on the grime.

 

[Steve83]

Scrape/brush/blast off as much as possible before wasting any degreaser. Dirt (oil-dry, kitty litter) is about as good an oil-absorber as you can get, so just remove the dirt, and most of the oil will go with it.

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[mustangtoby]

I like Super Clean myself, but it only works after a healthy dose of elbow grease!

 

[RedLeg0811]

If super clean is the purple stuff. Be careful about using it on aluminum. It says you can use it on aluminum so I did and I hosed it off well like the instructions said. It caused the aluminum to heavily oxidize. I then had to use an aluminum brightner.

 

[brixter]

Try a industrial grease hood degreaser . I bought some once at a restraunt supply and it worked real good , better than anything I have tried and its cheap and get it by the gallon.
Wear gloves though or it will dry your hands out for a week !!!

 

[W650Mike]

Diesel – Naptha – Hot Water w/ Dish Soap. In that order.

 

[ProjectCumminsBronco]

This is going to take forever. I'm out with a screwdriver and wire brush right now.....

 

[73azbronco]

take it to a hi pressure self serve car wash... Wear something that can get wet.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

This is going to take forever. I'm out with a screwdriver and wire brush right now.....

Thats what I thought to , but the initial scrape down ended up being very effective.
I had to do it twice , tranny and t-case swap-a-roo from Bronco "A" to "B" and "B" to "A".

 

[Go Tac]

I like the WalMart brand el-cheapo degreaser, like $1 per can. Soak it, scrub it and take it to the car wash for so high-pressure, get wet fun! Not really fun, and I strongly recommend eye protection for the fliers.