cleaning a pipe

[Eric Gadoury]

What's the best way to clean the inside of a pipe?

I know it's been discussed before but can seem to find it

Is gunk carburator cleaner good enough?

What about brake cleaner?

If I do it with antifreeze what's the best way to do it?

Thanks!

Eric

 

[Preston_Hall]

What are you cleaning out of the pipe?

If you are trying to get rid of the black carbon then you might as well leave it there.

Anything else could be cleaned out with a solvent.

 

[Eric Gadoury]

First I want to remove the oil residue inside and I would like to remove to cooked crap on the outside of the pipe if possible. I want to make sure there a no oil surplus left between the baffles on my CMD 45 parabolic pipe.

I think they said to put it in boiling antifreeze would work ok?

Thanks,

Eric

 

[Slideblues]

Eric, I would not use boiling antifreeze, Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) is NASTY stuff and the hot vapors are not good for ya. Clean it with one of the new spray brake parts cleaners that leave no residue,

Gene

 

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Gene,

Your right about those chemicals, nasty stuff. Funny story, well in theroy maybe: My uncle's neighbor decieded to clean his Chevy's carburator by boiling it on his stove in gasoline. Fortunately that blunder only cost him $13,500 in a kitchen remodel when it went up in flames.......

 

[Eric Gadoury]

Thanks for the advice.

I'll stick to brake or carb cleaner.

If I ever try the antifreeze method I will definetly do that outside so I don't get a house that smells like Prestone :blink:

Eric

 

[Pennywizz6]

Id first spray it with oven cleaner to desolve all to goo and gunk, use q-tips or pipe cleaners to scrap it out, and put the end up to an air compressor and blow it out.

Phil <_< :huh:

 

[Joe_Knesek]

What's the best way to clean the inside of a pipe?
I know it's been discussed before but can seem to find it

Is gunk carburator cleaner good enough?

What about brake cleaner?

If I do it with antifreeze what's the best way to do it?

Thanks!

Eric

Throw it in the dish washer when the wife isn't home!

 

[Drew Hamilton]

I like the dish washer idea! Never thought of that! Just don't get caught.....

 

[Eric Gadoury]

I like that dishwasher idea.

I'll give it a try tonight.

Thanks!

 

[dannyual767]

As far as the antifreeze idea goes, I was told to do this by an old, long time modeler who works at a hobby shop. I had an old OPS .67 marine engine that I wanted to clean up. He said to heat up the antifreeze but not to boil it. He said to do this outside on a grill using an old kitchen pot. I did it and it worked very well. I wouldn't suggest trying this if you're not comfortable with it, though. I certainly wouldn't boil it and I most definitely wouldn't do it on the kitchen stove !

 

[Walt Barney]

The way I clean my pipes is with HOT soapy water and a baby bottle brush, the stiffer the brush you can find the better it works, this is for the inside, for the outside oven cleaner, DO NOT LET IT SET ON THE PIPE FOR over 1 MIN. it will turn the pipe black.

Walt Barney

 

[Don Ferrette]

Throw it in the dish washer when the wife isn't home!

Damn Joe, you're a brave soul! My luck I'd forget it was in there...........

 

[Joe_Knesek]

Throw it in the dish washer when the wife isn't home!

Damn Joe, you're a brave soul! My luck I'd forget t was in there...........

My wife's been in Florida for a week and believe me, she will never visit this web site.

 

[Don Ferrette]

Throw it in the dish washer when the wife isn't home!

Damn Joe, you're a brave soul! My luck I'd forget t was in there...........

My wife's been in Florida for a week and believe me, she will never visit this web site.

Too funny! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Bob Kensill]

My welder always has me clean my pipes with acetone before he welds them. He said it pulls all the oil out of the aluminum pores.

 

[bzubee]

I wouldn't use oven cleaner on aluminium it is corrosive and will at the very discolor your pipes. Acetone would be the better way to clean them.