Dishwasher for a parts cleaner

[Sam_Q]

I know people have talked about this before but is it possible to convert a dishwasher to have some solvent or degreaser in it for car parts? I was thining if you just had a header tank to let gravity feed the liquid in and then just a flush tank when it decides its done.

That is unless I pick apart at the circuitry to bypass the filling/flushing component of it.

Would it work well though?

would it set on fire when it tries to heat up the degreaser/thinners?

[blacktop]

You can't even use a dishwasher to sterilise parts, so i would think using solvents would just kill it!

I know a guy who rebuilds Dishwashers for Hospitals to use as sterilisers, I can ask some questions if you want?

[legend]

i know the thinners will catch fire on the heating element
maybe u could get the heating element removed or isolated by a qualified person and try it with a non flammerble degreaser

this will either work awesome or end up on youtube
goodluck

[Sam_Q]

blacktop spirit: any info I could get would be good, thats if its no trouble

legend: hehehe ok thanks, luckily for me I am a liecenced electrician so I am allowed to do unsafe acts of wiring!

[Shifty]

I am fairly certain that your home/contents insurance company will be keen to hear the details of your plan, once your house burns down.

[Jackel]

I am fairly certain that your home/contents insurance company will be keen to hear the details of your plan, once your house burns down.

I that a turbo in your dishwasher?

na thats my new fork

[too_quick]

I stuck my 4agze flywheel in mums dish washer about 9 months ago. Didn't do jack shit, Just bent the arms that hold up ya dishes. Still works as nothing was cleaned of it.

One thing came out of it though, My arse being kicked.

[Nat]

I cut up my old dishwasher to make a movable tool chest works a treat.

[Maverick]

nah dude do it, it`ll be fine just make sure you use dishlex powerballs.

[SillyCarS]

i live at a uni college, have washed things in the past with powerball tablets and liberally coated in degreaser. worked alright

don't do it in a bath tub though, it strips the enamel and as i am the only person inclined to rebuild my own motor here it didnt take them long to figure out i did it

[bnicho]

i live at a uni college, have washed things in the past with powerball tablets and liberally coated in degreaser. worked alright

don't do it in a bath tub though, it strips the enamel and as i am the only person inclined to rebuild my own motor here it didnt take them long to figure out i did it

Heh he, I got in trouble in my Uni College days for spray-painting a set of wheels on the verandah.

[Duk]

I haven't seen it used, but we have a big parts washer at work that is basically like a big dish washer. It uses a water based cleaning solvent that gets heated up and sprayed all over the inside of the big cabinet and has a rotating spray head.
Don't ask me where to get small(ish) amounts from but Horto (I think that's how it's spelled) Clean is the solvent and we get it in 44 gallon drums.

[parrot]

I have a posh Euro dishwasher that doesn't have a heating element within the cabinet, rather it is outside the inner case so if you pick up one of those cheap somewhere, could be OK.

But then possibly you don't need the heating element anyway so could chuck that away? Or just run it on a cooler setting.

I suspect you may run into deterioration problems with the seals though.

[deviant]

Behold the most awsomest parts cleaner you will ever see!!

http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/n...ctrolysis.html

Its a home made electrolysis machine...rust and gunk will just come off with your fingers after a night in the bath with this kit.

Note the health warnings attached to building one of these. Make sure you do some more research before you make it.

[Sigmeister]

Rather than hacking up some sort of franken-cleaner, why not just get a parts washer:


They are not that expensive and that's what they are designed for.

The electrolisis is mainly for rust removal. My mate at work uses it with huge success. He puts a part in at night, then gets it out, wipes it off and put another one in. He only has a smallish tub so can't do a heap of parts at once.

Also there is a product called DEOX-C which can be used for rust removal in a similar way to electrolisis but using a cheical reaction so no batteries required.