I'm sure some of you guys have a home made parts washer, could you show me how it was made? I'm not talking your dishwasher, as its already been covered.
I'm looking for a cheap parts washer myself.
Andrew
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March 12, 2010 9:50 p.m. digdug18 Reader
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March 12, 2010 10:40 p.m. Volksroddin Dork
That rules out my 5 year old daughter. She love's to help with car stuff
( I am bringing her up right?)
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March 12, 2010 11:00 p.m. digdug18 Reader
Does she have her own creeper? Or perhaps a neighbor that serves as one?
Andrew
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March 13, 2010 5:43 a.m. 924guy Dork
oil change pan, plus dollar store steel mesh kitchen strainer, plus simple green mixed with water (25% solution usually works well for a "strong" mix.) add parts to strainer and submerge in pan, stir with parts washing brush, lift strainer to drain. repeat as necessary. total cost is less than $20 including a gallon of simple green...
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March 13, 2010 5:48 a.m. zomby woof HalfDork
I put an old SS sink on top of a 10 gallon steel pail. The pail has a clamp for the lid, and the sink drain bottom nut is used to secure the sink to the lid. A submersible 110V little giant pump (pulled out of ther garbage at work) pumps the varsol.
I've had it for about 10 years. I'll post a pic when I get home.
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March 13, 2010 6:29 a.m. Woody UltraDork
My hot tub is referred to as "The Parts Washer".
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March 13, 2010 7:20 a.m. Rusnak_322 Reader
I bought a real parts washer with 10 gal of fluid for $50 new a few years ago. I am sure you could find a similar deal or get something like this from harbor freight -
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=96952
I am sure that you could make it with a storage tote from walmart as long as you didn't use any really nasty chemical in it.
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March 13, 2010 8:02 a.m. Wally PowerDork
Woody wrote:
My hot tub is referred to as "The Parts Washer".
Try adding a box of Tide for real cleaning.
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March 15, 2010 6:40 p.m. zomby woof HalfDork
Here you go.
Works beauty.
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March 15, 2010 7:22 p.m. spitfirebill Dork
Harbor Freight and National both have a small parts washer on sale for around $39. If I had the room, I would get the one from National Tool as it is metal. HF one is plastic.
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March 17, 2010 6:32 p.m. digdug18 Reader
I like the kitchen sink approach, I'll have to watch out in the trash for one.
I saw the HF one, yeah, I'm not liking it as much. I don't know national tool. Is that a website or chain store?
Andrew
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March 17, 2010 8:08 p.m. m4ff3w Dork
What's wrong with a 22 gallon rubbermaid storage container and 8 gallons of gas?
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March 20, 2010 10:27 p.m. exST165 New Reader
m4ff3w wrote:
What's wrong with a 22 gallon rubbermaid storage container and 8 gallons of gas?
I hope you are a non-smoker!
