[GreenKeys] Cleaning agents...

[Sam Stinson]

Simple Green can be very harsh on aluminum, so use caution. And it's water
based, and you'll need to wash it off with water, which can cause rusting
on bare metal. It does do a great job on the cases, key caps, and glass, or
any other parts you can remove and isolate from things that might rust.

For the mechanicals, I use mineral spirits, mixed with a little machine oil
(5-10%) as a general cleaner and degreaser. Mix it up in a spray bottle and
apply liberally. An old baking pan makes a good catch tray. It does a great
job of cutting through and flushing out old dirty oil and grease. And when
the spirits evaporate a thin protective film of oil will be left behind to
prevent rust or oxidation. You can use this also if you do use Simple Green
and water to clean something to displace water, lubricate, and prevent rust
afterwards.
Any fine light weight machine oil will do - sewing machine oil is common
and inexpensive. I personally use a machine spindle oil (Mobil Velocite #6)
as it is very fine and penetrates well, is fairly odorless and colorless.
It has excellent creep and cling and won't harden or gum up. It is rather
pricey though - but a little goes a long way.
For getting at really hardened and stubborn oils and grease, I suggest
lacquer thinner.


On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:28 AM, E. <hanyou at xsmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi!
>
> Cleaning metal parts on a 15 or 19… I’ve seen some suggest Simple Green (I
> assume it’s not the industrial version if Simple Green... I hope).  I’ve
> also seen some suggest kerosene.  What else is out there???
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Sincerely,
> Eric :)
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