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My wife was ticked this morning when when she opened the dishwasher and found my aluminum valve cover, all nice and clean and shiney. I promised to never do it again.

Bill
 
BILL! Brilliant!

So, did you use Cascade or Electrasol?

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Now that's a great idea, I would never have thought about that one.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Dennis
 
Bill, that's not a new technique, but I would imagine the consequences are the same. Kind of like the fallout from using the turkey baster to top up the transmission. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif
Jeff
 
Which cycle did you run it on and did you use the anti-spot stuff as well?
 
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Don't do that... just get to the machine first.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
Hi,

A successful marriage is built on a strong foundation of trust and compromise. Promise her that as long as she lets you use the dishwasher to clean parts, you will not use the oven to powder-coat suspension bits. That's fair, isn't it?

Good luck,
 
I do all the cooking and much of the cleaning in my house...so using the kitchen is fair game.

I was removing corrosion from the rear brake cylinder on the kitchen cutting board a few days ago /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Sammy, I too do all the cooking only because my wife would burn water if I let her. Hmmmm, powder coating in the oven. I will have to try that.

Bill
 
But NEVER try to cure exhaust header paint in the oven!

(Not that I would know anything about that firsthand, of course! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif)

Mickey
 
I've been doing this for years.....the trick is to do it when the wife is not at home! Also, to clean a cooling system, drain the anti-freeze and flush it all out. Then mix about 1 1/2 cups of powder,(1 cup liquid) automatic dishwasher soap in about a gallon of water. mix it well, and put it in the radiator. Just drive the car a few hours and get it good and hot, (Dishwasher soap is VERY powerful, but doesn't start to work until it's at least 140 degrees). Let the engine cool, and flush it out with clean water and re-fill with anti-freeze.

Don
 
DO NOT powder coat parts in a gas oven. The fumes can go BOOM!!! when exposed to an open flame. OK in an electric but I wouldn,t plan on roasting the turkey in there before the 1st of the year.
 
I just spent a couple hours cleaning up the laundry room after a year or so of greasy muck from greasy rags and parts sitting in the sink in there.

Any time I clean anything in the house, my wife comes in and screams that "something stinks."

She really didn't like when I painted the TR3's engine bay in the garage, because the fumes got into the vent system.
 
And don't forget Confucious SAY Its better to go to the laundermat to wash your greasy, oily clothes and rags than face the wrath of the WIFE for using her washing machine.
 
I've got a couple:

When I was living home my '71 Subaru FF1 which had inboard drum brakes let a wheel cyl go. Finding shoes was a bear & I read somewhere that you could degrease them & then bake for an hr or 2 at 450deg, so guess what my mom found in here oven when she got home.

Then there was the time my friend got me a free pair of the beautiful SAAB honeycomb wheels for my '71 99, but they were the gold & silver from the GLE, so I degreased them & used Scotch pads in the bathtub in our apartment so I could hand paint epoxy every inset, what a job, but came out great. I also remember e-assembling the head & adjusting (via shims) the head on that SAAB on the dining room table.

I guess we all have our stories of coffee tables on a set on mag wheels too!

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DO NOT powder coat parts in a gas oven. The fumes can go BOOM!!! when exposed to an open flame. OK in an electric but I wouldn,t plan on roasting the turkey in there before the 1st of the year.

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Funny you should mention that today.We were woken up this morning around 5 to the house shaking.
There was a house over a MILE away that was FLATTENED due to an explosion from gas leak.
Terrible, We haven't gotten many details, but the shock wave was felt all over town.
Also, I woulden't reccomend using the kitchen stove for a hot gear oil bath. The smell is rather strong /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
An old trick in this neck of the woods was to soak new E-brake cables in a hot gear lube bath to keep them from seizing up for a long time.
 
It is not a dishwasher but (check out my web site) the back of an open pickup truck and a car wash do a great job (on 40 years of grime on an engine).
 
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It is not a dishwasher but (check out my web site) the back of an open pickup truck and a car wash do a great job (on 40 years of grime on an engine).

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Be careful - I was run off from a local car wash when I tried to do this with a transmission a while back. Environmental concerns and such.

Mickey
 
That is true. This was many years ago (more then I care to mention). I was younger and had more nerve!
 
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