Aircooled VW South Africa

Saw this on the samba forum. A dude was cleaning his pedals to refurbish.
He used this stuff:



BEFORE:


AFTER:


Can we get this stuff in RSA?

Not too sure on finding that stuff over here.

But I've often used oven cleaner to clean my engine and associated parts. Works a charm.

Tad bit expensive though as a can costs around R50.

yeah man great stuff, anyold oven cleaner is good though

Sweet. I am gonna give this ago before I send out my backing plates to get, essentially, the same job done

Zeb oven cleaner does the same

dont leave it on aluminium for too long as it will be eaten away

Tony Z wrote:Zeb oven cleaner does the same

dont leave it on aluminium for too long as it will be eaten away

cool. suppose will have to do it in stages to monitor. Thanks for that.

To speed the process, if possible, warm the parts to about 50 degrees Celsius (heat gun, oven etc)

This allows the oven cleaner to eat into the grunge better.

Wash with warm water afterwards.



This is Petrus' oil bath air cleaner after the Zeb went to work.

can you get Zeb from anywhere?

yip, checkers, PnP, whatever...

Although I haven't seen the oven cleaner locally, you do get the following here:

http://www.easyoffbang.co.za/faq.php

i did a trial run with Cobra Zeb. Stuff works very well. I only had it on for a few hours )said leave it over night).
I just wanted to see if it works. Gonna get another can tomorrow, stick one of them in the oven to heat up and try again. So far, so good. will post pics when they are super clean and then painted (forgot to take pics of them in their current state). I could actually paint them now. The rusty bits are gone, but wanna get the lip covered properly.

MINCE wrote:i did a trial run with Cobra Zeb. Stuff works very well. I only had it on for a few hours )said leave it over night).
I just wanted to see if it works. Gonna get another can tomorrow, stick one of them in the oven to heat up and try again. So far, so good. will post pics when they are super clean and then painted (forgot to take pics of them in their current state). I could actually paint them now. The rusty bits are gone, but wanna get the lip covered properly.

You are not thinking of heating the can before using it, as what you wrote above sure comes out that way

Hahahaha,I thought the same thing!

yeah yeah yeah, I was tired.

although it would be fun to stick a can in the oven... just not in my place

I thought exactly the same! Also giving it a go tonight with my dad's project (Studebaker Commander). He's got some 53 year old rust and grease on parts that need cleaning...