Cylinder cleaning

[Busch Latte]

so you guys are leaving the cylinders on the stovetop in boiling water with pods for 3 hours?

 

[TRTermite]

Pondering what a Pressure Cooker Will do at 15 lbs for an hour. Might try it some day.
Maybe a bit of Cabbage for the shine. (Half Humor/Half serious) I will wait til the weather keeps me indoors.

 

[cdntbone303]

so you guys are leaving the cylinders on the stovetop in boiling water with pods for 3 hours?

Pot over a propane burner. The GF wouldnt like that in the house. complains enough about it outside

 

[huskihl]

Pot over a propane burner. The GF wouldnt like that in the house. complains enough about it outside

Same. Turkey deep fryer

 

[HansFranz]

I'm pretty sure that dishwasher detergent contains a LOT of sodium carbonate, which is a fairly strong base that will eat aluminum. Beware.

(FWIW, you can convert sodium bicarbonate -- "baking soda" -- into sodium carbonate -- "washing soda" -- by heating it in a glass pot on a stove.)

I'd be pretty careful with it around chainsaw jugs, though...honestly, aluminum is so incredibly thermally-conductive that I wouldn't worry all that much about a little sap and crap on the jug. If you've ever tried to weld aluminum, you'll know what I mean...aluminum conducts heat better than any metal known to man, except silver (#1) and copper (#2)...

 

[TRTermite]

I'm pretty sure that dishwasher detergent contains a LOT of sodium carbonate, which is a fairly strong base that will eat aluminum. Beware.

(FWIW, you can convert sodium bicarbonate -- "baking soda" -- into sodium carbonate -- "washing soda" -- by heating it in a glass pot on a stove.)

I'd be pretty careful with it around chainsaw jugs, though...honestly, aluminum is so incredibly thermally-conductive that I wouldn't worry all that much about a little sap and crap on the jug. If you've ever tried to weld aluminum, you'll know what I mean...aluminum conducts heat better than any metal known to man, except silver (#1) and copper (#2)...

Ya fergot the GOLD and a few other precious metals But yes I agree with ya.

 

[HansFranz]

Ya fergot the GOLD and a few other precious metals But yes I agree with ya.

Yeah, I forgot gold (#3 in thermal conductivity at 0°C) but that's it.

In order, the most thermally conductive metals are:
1. Silver
2. Copper
3. Gold
4. Aluminum

 

[ballisticdoughnut]

I use a ultrasonic cleaner with a 70/30 mix of water and simple green. Works pretty good but won’t remove the heavy staining. Removes the lighter carbon but not the hard cooked on stuff. Media blasting would be the way to go for that “like new” look.

 

[bwalker]

If one has access to a glass bead blaster they work very well for cleaning bare metal parts. Just be careful to adjust your pressure so it's not to aggressive.

 

[Husky77]

A lot of elbow grease