B.RAD Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Advice needed please - as I'm rebuilding my car, I need to clean away the 16 years of mighty crossflow chassis preservation that has occurred - it's a right state. Bonnet area, tunnel, floor pan, rear bulkhead etc are all covered in oil and nefarious other nasties. A lot of it is hard to reach, what's the best cleaning products and approach to tackle this? Engine, gearbox and rear axle are all currently out of the car. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I've found the Marine Clean, from POR15 suppliers, diluted into hot water really effective at large scale stuff, assisted by hose or jet wash if possible. For smaller scale areas, brake cleaner works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 IIRC Gunk is pretty good - but I haven't used it for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTR2Turbo Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Paraffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Paraffin Just don't merrily start dousing the car down with paraffin, (which is really effective), while parked on a Tarmac drive like one club member did years ago! Only to suddenly realise the paraffin was de solving the Tarmac.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombanks Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 i used gunk on my engine and it came up a treat. brushed it on and then used a little hand held steam cleaner to blast it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyonspride Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 How about Muc-Off? It's marketed for bikes and motorbikes, but really only because typical tin-top drivers don't use much more than Fairy liquid on their cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.RAD Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks for the replies so far, interesting stuff. I use muc-off on my mountain bikes and have done for many years, it's a good suggestion but I'm not sure it will be strong enough for the degree of filth that has accumulated on my chassis. Unfortunately I'm restricted to a bucket, sponge and hand held pump as I have no power or water at the garage my car is in. I was kinda hoping for a 'spray on and leave' solution, but that may have just been wishful thinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedm Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Swafega Jizer might be worth a look.....used it before and very happy with the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Marine Clean is designed for spray on, soak in, wash off type use. Though warm water helps, it's not vital. But the product really cuts into that mix of oil and dirt that builds up on leaky vehicles. Specially if you work it in with an old paint brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory's Dad Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Dave both this thread and the one about polishing fibreglass could do with being FAQs in my opinion. (More work I know!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I was going to put the other one in there, but then it drifted, and to my mind there's just too many different answers in it. It no longer fulfils the original criterion that was set out for faq's. Yet each answer on the whole was perfectly valid and therefore seemed unfair to prune out. I would say with a major re-write, to perhaps categorise the different products,and break it down into stages it might work though. Otherwise they simply contradict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Use Jizer, Gunk or Muc off. They all need rinsing of with water, so use a bucket of water and one of these- Just an ordinary washing up brush, a stiff one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I use copious amounts of gunk foam which seems to work quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.RAD Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Your car is not a good advert for cleaning products mate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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