Carb cleaner alternate

[Billyboy]

OK. I can't find berrymans, or Gunk carb dip ANYWHERE!!!
I work in a chemical warehouse. I've got xylene, toluene, methanol, glycol. All kinds of solvents. So....

Can I use any other stuff to dip and clean my carbs in????

[fgh]

I'd use any of the carb dips you find at your local automobile parts house. Here in the U.S. I go to my local NAPA store. Any good cleaner will have some oleic acid in it. It gets into the imbedded stuff on the parts.

If you brush or scrub any heavy deposits of the outside of the carb's before disassembly it will prevent the contamination of the cleaner. I've reused the can I got several years ago many times. LOL

[Billyboy]

That's the problem, can't find ANY carb dips.

Hmm.. Don't have oleic acid...

[Jethro]

Canadian Tire MUST have a dip of some kind. I was amazed by that place when I was up there! A Wal-Mart for just cars!

[Billyboy]

You'd think! Ima make some calls.

[rustybronco]

I clean clocks with naptha (lighter fluid) and use it on brass, any solvent, tooth brushes, and twist ties to clean out the jets, those and some spray carb cleaner and elbow grease and compressed air should work. no rubber parts please...

any ultra-sound equipment available? that's a possibility also.

[Billyboy]

Ultrasound?

And who's that in your avatar???:-D

[focus frenzy]

MEK will clean anything (well almost) Methyl Ethel Ketone (SP?)

you listed pretty much everything you need to make berrymans B12 carb cleaner

you can use this PDF to make your own as it list the amounts of the different solvents used to make B-12

http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Port...0116, 0155.pdf

[Billyboy]

:-D Hmmm... only missing a few things.

[nastyjones]

lacquer thinners works for me. Just let'r soak. Not for rubber though.
Cheap & available at any hardware store here in Canada or the U.S.

Paul

[rustybronco]

And who's that in your avatar???:-D

Cathrine zeta-jones.
Michael sure is lucky.

[Billyboy]

Cathrine zeta-jones.
Micheal sure is lucky.

Thought so. God how I love her. [-o<

[rustybronco]

Me First!!!!!!!!!!

[Billyboy]

Me First!!!!!!!!!!

Let's take Micheal out of the picture, then I'll fightcha for her. k?

[rustybronco]

done... date and place please?
i'm old and i may die but it's worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!