Fried Chicken
ArboristSite Member
My go-to cleaner is Ballistol in a 1:10 dilution with water. I have it in a little sprayer, and use it constantly to clean hand tools, leafblowers, chainsaws, tabletops, etc. I like to keep my stuff nice and clean, and the ballistol has the advantage of being inexpensive, and more importantly safe on rubber, plastic, metal, wood, hands, the environment, etc.
The thing is it's not quite as strong as it could be, and after a time stubborn stuff will build on it.
Brake parts cleaner and gasoline work well, but I don't like using brake parts cleaner on plastic or rubber, and gasoline is gasoline.
The 1:10 ballistol dilution additionally has the benefit that it leaves a thin anti-rust film on all my metal hand tools to preserve them, but is otherwise benign.
Any suggestions for something stronger?
The thing is it's not quite as strong as it could be, and after a time stubborn stuff will build on it.
Brake parts cleaner and gasoline work well, but I don't like using brake parts cleaner on plastic or rubber, and gasoline is gasoline.
The 1:10 ballistol dilution additionally has the benefit that it leaves a thin anti-rust film on all my metal hand tools to preserve them, but is otherwise benign.
Any suggestions for something stronger?
you know it's the good stuff if your eyes burn
