Cleaning Cylinders

[jakeshi]

It turned out nice. [ATTACH

 

[drf256]

Interesting. Anyone try PODS in their USC?

 

[Stump Shot]

Interesting. Anyone try PODS in their USC?

Still too busy chewing on them here Al. Lol
Caught this video though last night, might be a consideration of something to try with a junk cylinder just to see what happens.

 

[popopboat]

Tried cooking method too!
Poor man's sandblaster lol.

 

[Nutball]

Maybe a half an hour to forty five minutes if you brush the thick stuff off first. Also it won't take thick carbon out of the exhaust port.

It does soften most carbon residue I found, just not the most stubborn crusty stuff. I was able to wipe out 99% of the carbon from a polished exhaust port after the pod softened it. I tried a bit of AntiCreoSoot on a piston crown and that didn't help any, but Rutland wood stove glass cleaner looks like a potential option for hard to remove carbon. It does require scrubbing still.

Before


After Pod & cotton


After glass cleaner, first attempt.

 

[huskihl]

Since were talking pods and usc. The cylinder boiled in a bucket with 3 or 4 pods in it for about 4 hours. I think LA awesome works a little bit quicker and they come out shinier, but the dishwasher pods are cheap and they certainly do work

 

[jacob j.]

Since were talking pods and usc. The cylinder boiled in a bucket with 3 or 4 pods in it for about 4 hours. I think LA awesome works a little bit quicker and they come out shinier, but the dishwasher pods are cheap and they certainly do work

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That looks like one of Tim's projects @cuinrearview

Well, it might have been too clean for Tim initially...

 

[P.M.P.]

Since were talking pods and usc. The cylinder boiled in a bucket with 3 or 4 pods in it for about 4 hours. I think LA awesome works a little bit quicker and they come out shinier, but the dishwasher pods are cheap and they certainly do work

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Pics of the bucket

 

[P.M.P.]

It does soften most carbon residue I found, just not the most stubborn crusty stuff. I was able to wipe out 99% of the carbon from a polished exhaust port after the pod softened it. I tried a bit of AntiCreoSoot on a piston crown and that didn't help any, but Rutland wood stove glass cleaner looks like a potential option for hard to remove carbon. It does require scrubbing still.

Before
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After Pod & cotton
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After glass cleaner, first attempt.
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Try seafoam on dat why bother with chit that don't work.

 

[huskihl]

That looks like one of Tim's projects @cuinrearview

Well, it might have been too clean for Tim initially...

Tim sent me a box of 365 a while back. This saw was similar, but worse. There was not one spot of bare aluminum on that cylinder. And many of the fins were caked solid

 

[huskihl]

Pics of the bucket

1 gallon galvanized bucket on a turkey cooker

 

[jacob j.]

Tim sent me a box of 365 a while back. This saw was similar, but worse. There was not one spot of bare aluminum on that cylinder. And many of the fins were caked solid

It's almost as if Tim goes out of his way to exclusively cut Railroad ties in his spare time.

 

[huskihl]

It's almost as if Tim goes out of his way to exclusively cut Railroad ties in his spare time.

...with drain oil for bar lube

 

[cuinrearview]

Tim sent me a box of 365 a while back. This saw was similar, but worse.

Challenge accepted

 

[Stump Shot]

1 gallon galvanized bucket on a turkey cooker

Pics of the turkey cook.

 

[Nutball]

I find the pods turn bare aluminum dark colored, does it oxidize it or what?

 

[Egg Shooter]

Pics of the turkey cook.

I use this...

In this...

 

[Ronie]

I find the pods turn bare aluminum dark colored, does it oxidize it or what?

I haven't had any problems with them darkening or oxidizing. I did this one back in February and it still looks like it did back then. I washed it afterwards with dawn. Just took the pics.

 

[huskihl]

I find the pods turn bare aluminum dark colored, does it oxidize it or what?

The Walmart pods leave it a medium color. Totally Awesome starts to turn it bright, other cleaners will instantly turn it dark gray

 

[Lightning Performance]

Ran the crock pot twice last night for an hour each time.
It did ok for just using plain clean water. Going to keep using these giant zip lock bags in it and going to double up for the next run. It will fit four chainsaw jugs with no problem. Now to try one walmart dishwasher pod in it tonight with clean water. Mostly just an oily residue in the lower parts and around the exhaust port area. No more caked on crap on them two and I did not scrape them. Only took two heat cycles to knock it all off. Gave them a quick scrub in the sink with some spray nine and hot water.

On another subject I looked up a maybe 40W signal generator cone and controller. One hour cycle generator is about sixty bucks with two frequencies available. Forgot the exacting specs because it was weeks ago.