New Use for Dawn?

[tom p.]

I did a fuel injector nozzle swap on one of our diesels yesterday and you always end up with a bit of spilled fuel which needs to be cleaned up. I typically use one of the orange based degreasers and that works well. For the heck of it, I mixed one TSP of Dawn in very hot water and dumped this mix in to my pressurized garden sprayer. I misted the entire warm engine compartment with this hot cleaning solution and let it sit for 5 minutes.



I'll tell ya, the engine compartment looks better when compared to any other "degreaser" I have used in the past. It is just spotlessly clean, no (diesel) odor and no residues. It looks great.



Cheap and effective! While I probably am not the first to do this, just thought I would share the experience.

 

[fidelfs]

I have to try that!



:xyxthumbs

 

[tom p.]

it did a great job. Obvoiusly, this mix won't remove heavy grease and heavy oil deposits but for the garden-variety stuff we deal with 99% of the time, it's pretty smooth! :up



I was very surprised.

 

[s2skimon]

thanks. I'm going to definitely try it as well

 

[imported_Brett K]

I'll have to try that. Thanks!



Surprisingly,I found that Dawn works well on dishes too. However, I usually have to clay first if the dishes sit too long

 

[tom p.]

Surprisingly,I found that Dawn works well on dishes too.

Never tried Dawn on dishes. The wife prefers another brand.:nixweiss

 

[chip douglas]

good idea you had to share it with us, i sure will do that as soon as i can :xyxthumbs

 

[tom p.]

yeah, it's nice to come across something that doesn't require the purchase of new chemicals or tools !!

 

[chip douglas]

tom p....you bet