What's bumming your stone today? - Page 3

DanaC · 06-26-2011, 09:13 AM

Ooooh. Nice one. Is it like swarfega?

Clodfobble · 06-26-2011, 09:59 AM

(Bless you!)

DanaC · 06-26-2011, 10:43 AM

haggis!

footfootfoot · 06-26-2011, 10:50 AM

Kind of, but better because, well, because it's American.

DanaC · 06-26-2011, 10:57 AM

Hahaha. I see. Ok.

Pico and ME · 06-26-2011, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

I'm investigating some of the 'tricks of the trade' that mechanics and engineers use to get tha engine grease out of their overalls.

Dawn dish soap. Its what they use to clean the oil of of birds after an oil spill.

zippyt · 06-26-2011, 11:14 AM

Yeah dawn Rocks , deals with grease , carbon black , etc

footfootfoot · 06-26-2011, 11:17 AM

Dawn is pretty intense stuff. It gives me a wicked rash on my hands. Too many years of washing them in Safety Kleen, which despite its name is not all that safe to get on your hands.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2011, 01:01 AM

The new Safety Kleen is safe... it just doesn't work.

Back in the day, when it was trichlorethylene, then trichloroethene, or even the later Chlorothane NU, you could dip a wheel bearing, then lay it in the palm of your hand and blow the crap out on it with 90 lbs of air.
Should kind of watch out for little cuts though, they let the grease get under your skin instead of just the triclor. But hell, since it was being absorbed through your fingernails 50 time faster than through your skin, it doesn't make much difference, does it.

ZenGum · 06-27-2011, 02:51 AM

Wait a minute. Since when does some working class commie anarchist chick from Manchester wash clothes???

Dana, are you selling out?

footfootfoot · 06-27-2011, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The new Safety Kleen is safe... it just doesn't work.

Back in the day, when it was trichlorethylene, then trichloroethene, or even the later Chlorothane NU, you could dip a wheel bearing, then lay it in the palm of your hand and blow the crap out on it with 90 lbs of air.
Should kind of watch out for little cuts though, they let the grease get under your skin instead of just the triclor. But hell, since it was being absorbed through your fingernails 50 time faster than through your skin, it doesn't make much difference, does it.

If I get even a few drops of mineral spirits or turps on my hands at this point my entire arm goes pins and needles for about half an hour.

Cleaned many a freewheel that way.

Griff · 06-27-2011, 03:05 PM

Hmmm... I've been using WD 40 for that forever... MSDS linked.

http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf...d494716385.pdf

DanaC · 06-27-2011, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Wait a minute. Since when does some working class commie anarchist chick from Manchester wash clothes???

Dana, are you selling out?

All depends what price is being offered :p

DanaC · 06-29-2011, 07:01 AM

Apparently Dawn dishsoap is pretty much the same thing as Fairy Liquid over here. Both made by Proctor and Gamble.

Funnily enough I have on occasion used Fairy to handwash small items of clothing when I've not had time to go to the laundrette.

Been a while since I did though. Gonna give it a go and see how I get on.

Gravdigr · 07-21-2011, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I think a better question would be "who's stoning your bum?".

Hey, I think there's a game/reality show in there. With The Rolling Stones.

"Which Stone Is In Your Bum?"

Mick? Keith? Charlie? Ron? Who's in the dark this week?

06-26-2011, 09:59 AM	#32
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06-26-2011, 10:50 AM	#34
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Kind of, but better because, well, because it's American. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-26-2011, 11:14 AM	#37
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Yeah dawn Rocks , deals with grease , carbon black , etc __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-26-2011, 11:17 AM	#38
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Dawn is pretty intense stuff. It gives me a wicked rash on my hands. Too many years of washing them in Safety Kleen, which despite its name is not all that safe to get on your hands. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-27-2011, 01:01 AM	#39
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The new Safety Kleen is safe... it just doesn't work. Back in the day, when it was trichlorethylene, then trichloroethene, or even the later Chlorothane NU, you could dip a wheel bearing, then lay it in the palm of your hand and blow the crap out on it with 90 lbs of air. Should kind of watch out for little cuts though, they let the grease get under your skin instead of just the triclor. But hell, since it was being absorbed through your fingernails 50 time faster than through your skin, it doesn't make much difference, does it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-27-2011, 02:51 AM	#40
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Wait a minute. Since when does some working class commie anarchist chick from Manchester wash clothes??? Dana, are you selling out? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-27-2011, 03:05 PM	#42
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Hmmm... I've been using WD 40 for that forever... MSDS linked. http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf...d494716385.pdf __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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