[alfa] RE: California Regulations

[Gene Brown <alfagene@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay,
I use a product called Oil Eater www.oileater.com that works pretty 
good. I buy it at Costco. If you want something that will remove oil, 
paint, skin, etc. try Berryman's Chem-Dip carb and parts cleaner. I 
still find it in the auto parts stores around here.

Gene Brown
Simi Valley, CA

>Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:00:09 -0700
>From: "Jay Mackro" <jmackro@domain.elided>
>Subject: [alfa] California Regulations
>
>  
>
>>> I'm sort of laying low since the Sheriff's helicopter flew
>>> over while I was primering late last evening. Then later a small plane
>>> flew directly over my, unh, err, exterior spray booth, at a pretty low
>>> altitude. Big Brother or merely paranoia? Only time will tell.
>>    
>>
>
>Biba - I hope you made out OK.  While I would not condone production
>painting outdoors, I suspect that the amount of VOC you are putting into
>the pristine air there in Irwindale is minor compared with what the the
>local 'burger joints are spewing out.
>
>Speaking of our friends at CARB (that's "California Air Resources Board" -
>people who are most definitely AGAINST carburetors), I tried to buy some
>degreaser at my local AutoZone yesterday.  The guy there said it just
>isn't sold anymore, at least not in this state.  Now, maybe I am dating
>myself, but I used to buy something called "Gunk Super Concentrate",
>which was a brown liquid that you mixed with gasoline to make a parts
>cleaning solvent - the stuff would turn a milky white when you hit it with
>water, removing itself + dirt-impregnated oil pretty well.  That product got
>pulled off the market years ago, replaced by what seemed like industrial
>strength detergent for parts degreasing  "Simple Green" is a brand name
>I remember.  That stuff worked sort of OK - not as well as my my beloved
>Gunk - but it was good for removing oil stains from the driveway.
>Yesterday  neither AutoZone nor Kraegens had any Simple Green on
>their shelves.  They still have aerosol products like Gumout, but nothing
>in liquid form.
>
>
>My questions are: 1) What are my fellow Californians using to clean
>parts? and 2) Can car enthusiasts in other states/countries still use
>products like Gunk?
>
>No need to lecture me about the importance of the environment - yea
>yea, I agree.  Heck, I am recycling old cars, right?
>
>Jay Mackro
>San Juan Capistrano, Ca
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