what solution for ultrasonic carb cleaning?

[toplessHO]

Ive always heard pinesol
watched a video of a guy who did
Dawn
pinesol
vinegar
simple green

the pinesol won hands down
but the mixture was close to 50/50
Im thinking I ll add some Startron Fuel tank cleaner and see it that helps

https://marinepartssource.com/64-oz-fuel-tank-cleaner-star-brite-93664?gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xY3fQaiI6WwqfbLqNlBMgPDi6KwTOfTJl-HC6G5U_beaGvXL0wFkakaAvhzEALw_wcB

 

[930dreamer]

What are you wanting to clean?

 

[Lumpy102]

What are you wanting to clean?

The title says CARB CLEANING

 

[Old Man Roger]

I don’t have an ultrasonic cleaner, but I’ve used pinesol original full strength a bunch.
An hour seems to do the trick in most cases, but don’t leave it in there for a long time. If left too long, it can eat the finish off of some plated surfaces and turn others black.

 

[Motown]

I use diluted Simple Green. Seems to be the best so far.

 

[DocsMachine]

Simple Green, Purple Power, and similar cleaners use sodium hydroxide- lye. A great cleaner, but can attack and damage aluminum finishes like anodizing.

When I do anodized parts- or any aluminum, really, I use Dawn. Haven't tried Pine-Sol, but I might give that a shot next time...

Doc.

 

[toplessHO]

I thought the guy doing the video did a good job of picking off the shelf cleaners
Dawn didnt work as well as any of the others.

 

[scooby074]

Ive been using glass cleaner concentrate. Its an Alcohol and detergent blend. Works well enough.

 

[NDJ]

Ive seen the ultrasonic cleaner do weird things to cast metals. Like make the surface rough on machined areas. Maybe test small part first. This was just using water.

 

[toplessHO]

tested last night.
Carb for a Honda pressure washer was so bad we bought a replacement
thought no way it will ever come clean and smelling ok.

Bad part is I didnt get the before pics of anything except the inside of fuel bowl.
the stuff inside couldnt be chiseled off!
It came so clean you could see the gold iridized plating inside the fuel bowl.
my solution is
2 cups pinesol
2 cups water
2 oz Starbrite fuel tank cleaner

Im convinced the fuel tank cleaner had a lot to do with it.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Pinesol works well, I usually use much less than 50-50.
BTW: To save on cleaner I'll fill the tank with water and put my parts and cleaning solution in a zip-lock bag then put the bag in the tank.
For very small parts I put them and the cleaner in an old pill bottle.

 

[toplessHO]

Pinesol works well, I usually use much less than 50-50.
BTW: To save on cleaner I'll fill the tank with water and put my parts and cleaning solution in a zip-lock bag then put the bag in the tank.
For very small parts I put them and the cleaner in an old pill bottle.

I put a half gallon container full of water in the tank to displace more area.
One pinhole in your baggie and its all diluted
It probably wasnt 50/50 solution as I did add more water later