If you catch her sniffing the dishwasher burn a bag of popcorn. No one will smell anything else for weeks. :TU:
My high school shop teacher told me to put the timing cover in the dishwasher...when Mom wasn't around. I still do it 20 years later and it still works well. My wife is tolerant AND I've never had the smell of carb cleaner in my dishwasher. Dumb luck, I guess.
Bingo. Another lesson learned. Would I do it again? You bet. Actually I already have; throttle cable bracket, oil filter housing, little stuff. I'm dreading the day I forget a part in the silverware tray or something. :spank:
I don't use my disher much anymore and I've always wanted a parts washer. Might have to give this a try. :TU: BTW, are you using disher detergent or some other cleaner?
The part was originally covered with solvents, but all I put in the dishwasher was regular detergent. John
Many years ago I built a motorcycle engine on the dining room table while wife was in hospital having baby . I was proud of myself with the way I cleaned up so good , yeh right . As soon as she walked in the house wanted to know what that smell was . Then she realized what it was . No more engine building in the dining room table or rather that one . sometimes we learn the hard way , sometimes we do not learn . I just bought a dining room table for the shop , now NO problems
Maybe the bath-tub or shower would have worked out a little better than the dish-washer, eh? :grin: Actually, for me it's worked out quite well. Nothing like cleaning an exhaust/and intake valve for a 1 cylinder lawn mower engine in the bathtub. Quite frankly, I think I could fit the whole engine in the tub if I wanted, however, I don't think anyone would appreciate the good ole smell of gasoline every morning. p
I used the dishwasher as a "parts washer" once.. now i'm not allowed to go near it. I also found that baking your painted engine parts leaves an incredible shine and cures the paint very well.. i'm not allowed near the oven anymore.. for some odd reason baked on engine paint leaves a long lasting smell.
We're remodeling our kitchen when I'm "done" with my car. I'm tempted to run the dishwasher off the hose outside and put the oven under the (metal) workbench. Might have to take up powdercoating.
Gasoline, NO, NO Thought I saw a post that some one used Gasoline. I new a guy that blew him self up cleaning parts with gasoline.scared for life. Ide find another way, or stick to the dishwasher, Im guilty also and my wife helped.
Paint Reminds me of the time when i was a kid building a hot rod when my mother caught me baking the paint on to my intake manifold in her oven.She just freaked.Trying to explain to her about hot tanking and how clean it was did nothing.She still reminds me about it 30 yrs later :Smarty:
:laugh: greet stories i've got one to when i was young i always made car model kits and stuff like that when this once i had finished a model ( a screw together type of kit with metal ) and since i didn't like the colour i painted it with some old paint wich we had used for the house ( i was very young ) so i put on a very thick coat and after 2 days it still was sticky so i thought that i could put it in the oven at 200c ou: Let me tell you it didn't came out very nice :laugh: and the oven smelled like burned paint and plastic for about 3 monts or so when we got a pizza out off it it smelled like plastic and/or burned paint mom wasn't very pleased :laugh: Greetings Lennard
My son and I snuck our ST300 case and our V6 block into the master bathtub for a little scrub. Had to wrap em in plastic so they didn't drip oil on the white carpet. He threatens to tell on me every now and then. The dishwasher sounds like it has promise, just go easy on the solvent. Git er done.
That's exactly what i was going to say! And if you're worried about blowing yourself up with gasoline, ever seen carb cleaner burn??? :shock: Makes gasoline look like water. Hey, you *could* put some gasoline in the dishwasher to cut the degreaser smell... :error: :error: :error: :error: :error:
Been there, done that.... I used to be a welder in a commercial dishwasher manufacturing plant. We had presses, shears, etc., and made almost everything in house. When parts came out of the presses they would have oil on them. We would put them in racks and run them through the dishwashers that were being tested after assembly. Commercial dishwashers have a wash cycle of 160 degrees and a final rinse of 180 degrees which really takes off the oil (the caustic detergent needs heat)......so I tried the same thing at home. It left a film of black oil all over the inside of the dishwasher and the only thing that was steaming was my wife..... This was an "I-told-you-so" moment. I hand scrubbed the entire inside, including the racks to get that mess off. Today, being much older and somewhat wiser, I have a powerwasher, solvent tub, and a good brush. A dishwasher in the garage sounds like a good idea for the final clean-up. Kurt
I would try the Baking Soda one cycle, then the vinegar on another. Maybe a full cycle with 2-3 cups of ammonia. I would not try paint thinner, gasoline, brake fluid, pool acid, or lye inside the dishwasher. I did wash off the coolant/fan shoud for our '73 Buick Wagon in the bathtub, but I had my wife's blessing to do it. It may be take to take your punishment. :spank: I also live in San Jose. Want to rent a shed to live in while the wife cools down? :grin:
