What's your favorite cleaning solvent?

[JDgreen227]

Just finished greasing my Deere, as usual I got a lot of the stuff on my hands. Since I don't have a parts washer, my favorite solvent to clean hands, greaseguns, fittings, etc is the cheapest paint thinner I can find. It does a great job and is a lot less flammable than gasoline although about a buck more per gallon. The only downside is that it really dries your skin out.

Don't laugh, but I keep a supply in one of those lift-top dishwasher soap bottles, one is always in all my shops, just pop the top of the bottle open and squeeze out what you need.

Or is there another type of cleaning solvent you feel is better?

 

[CompactTractorFan]

WD40 for everything but the hands. They get orange lava soap. :thumbsup:

 

[doall]

B-52 is a great solvent. but keep it away from paint. gojo or lava for hands

 

[Western]

I use rags to wipe off tools since I have a good supply (torn up shirts bought in bulk) A little grease film on a tool keeps mine in good order.

Ditto on the Go-Jo Orange with pumice:thumbsup:

 

[Steave]

Gojo original for the hands.... Goof Off for metal (not plastic or rubber)

 

[Piperflyer]

Plan old dawn for dishes works the best for me. It's cheap & the wife always has it on hand.

 

[Car Doc]

I use the cheapest brakeklean spray cans (oreillys or zone brand) they can still be a bit pricy. I get them by the case and always try to check for whats on sale. On the plus side brakekleen is a great bug killer too reaches out and gets them way up in the corners.

I use Zip cherry bomb hand cleaner and Snap-On Nitro Gold hand cleaner for the winter months has pumice and lanolin good stuff for cracked fingers. :thumbsup:

 

[rsewill]

Another vote for Go-Jo. Only the water kind.

 

[JDgreen227]

Are you guys telling us that you use Dawn, Go-Jo, etc for PARTS CLEANING????

Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough I was referring to cleaning off greasy parts as well as my hands.

 

[topbuilder]

Winzer makes a hand cleaner that is second to none. If you ever use it you never use go-jo again.