I use a drill with a wire brush at the end. Then I go to the drill and brush with soapless hand cleaner. And lastly blast on some brake cleaner and wipe down. But for your application I'd think about soaking the parts. In what , I don't know ? The drill and brush work in many applications just remember to where safety glasses......Lance ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve B." <imperial59@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:41 PM Subject: IML: What to use for cleaning > I have begun the process of rebiliding the front end on my '59 Imperial. > Yesterday I got everything pulled off and labeled and got the center > link ready to ship out for rebuilding. > > All these parts are covered in massive amounts of 45 year old gunk that > I swear could safely be used to hold a jumbo jet together instead of > rivets. I used an entire can of comet just trying to get it all off me > after the day was done. > > So what do yall use to clean this kind of stuff? I normally use simple > green or gunk and this stuff just laughs at both of those products. I > want it all to be pretty and clean before I try to put it back together > again. > > Steve B. > > -- > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/2005 > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm