Cleaning Cylinders

[jakeshi]

Hello folks, does anybody have any good methods for cleaning the outside of cylinders to get off the crud stuff? Pine juice/staining
Thanks

 

[jacob j.]

This thread would probably do best in the chainsaw section @Woodpecker @SOS Ridgerider

 

[Woodpecker]

This thread would probably do best in the chainsaw section @Woodpecker @SOS Ridgerider

Moveded

 

[jakeshi]

Thanks men!

 

[Ronie]

I simmer them in an old pot with a couple of dishwasher pods, works great.

 

[Stump Shot]

Nice @Ronie , how long does it take to boil?

Ronie's way looks like a clear winner, I would add though, sand or media blasting can be excellent for a serious restoration.

 

[Ronie]

Nice @Ronie , how long does it take to boil?

Ronie's way looks like a clear winner, I would add though, sand or media blasting can be excellent for a serious restoration.

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.

 

[Stump Shot]

Here's a blasted cylinder pic.

 

[Ronie]

Here's a blasted cylinder pic.
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That does look good, like a new one.

 

[huskihl]

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.

What about the dark brown burned-on color on older ones?

 

[Ronie]

Sometimes there is some of the brown color left on there. I'll throw this 670 cylinder in a pot tomorrow morning before my wife gets up and see how it does.

 

[Stump Shot]

What about the dark brown burned-on color on older ones?

Sometimes I like that stain, lets people know what it was built with, kind of a transparency as not trying to pass of as new or newer than it really is.

 

[jacob j.]

What about the dark brown burned-on color on older ones?

In that case, I do the same as Ronie but I use straight Purple Power. It gets all that staining off after about 45 min.- an hour.

(Even old Mac 125 cylinders, which can be the worst of all).

 

[walkdog]

Wire wheel takes off the burnt on crud pretty effectively. Wee bit of sanding afterwards cleans up the fine scratches if they bother you.

 

[Ronie]

What about the dark brown burned-on color on older ones?

I put that 670 cylinder in a pot for thirty minutes and it came out mostly clean.

 

[Ronie]

What about the dark brown burned-on color on older ones?

After a quick scrub with Scotchbrite.

 

[Lightning Performance]

After a quick scrub with Scotchbrite.

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I just inherented an 10qt or maybe bigger electronic crock pot. The crock is cracked so bagging the parts should work just fine. We got dishwasher pods here.

 

[Ronie]

I just inherent an 10qt or maybe bigger electronic crock pot. The crock is cracked so bagging the parts should work just fine. We got dishwasher pods here.

That should work, you might have to put a few pods in it because it's a lot bigger than that small pot I was using.

 

[Lightning Performance]

I mistakenly clicked on the ebay logo and the link brought me to an electric pressure cooker for 52 smackers... not bad.

6qt 1K watts

 

[jakeshi]

Thanks for all the great info men!!