The active ingredient in Oven Cleaners is Sodium Hydroxide, a very strong alkaline. Also called Lye. The Fume Free uses a different chemical composition. I'd suggest get the good stuff that's not fume free. Don't breathe it and wear protective gear (goggles & rubber gloves). It can be neutralized with white vinegar (Acetic Acid). I've used it for this purpose for decades and it's worked exceptionally well.
@@fultonsgarage6331 I enjoyed your video. Prompted me to get out the Pressure Washer. Give it a go. I'm using it on a 1978 VW Bus as I write this. Put it on very liberally and let it set. But BE CAREFUL!!! this stuff is nasty, it can cause blindness if it gets in your eyes and can chemical burn your lungs if inhaled. There's reasons they made a safer version. But not for getting grease & gunk off engines. I'd also recommend lightly scrubbing with a non-metallic brush. Kinda like washing dishes but worse. Then yet when i wash car parts in the Kitchen Sink the wife gets kinda miffed. BTW I
I never heard of anyone trying oven cleaner to degrease engine parts. My little experience with oven cleaner is it works better on the 2nd cleaning than it does on the first, also if you scratch the grease or grime a bit then apply oven cleaner, it penetrates much better and cleans pretty well. I normally use purple power to degrease heavy sludge like what you have. It works much better than engine degreaser does from AZ.
I kept seeing people use oven cleaner here on youtube. I thought I would do a comparison. A lot of viewers have told me I either did not heat the part of adequately or did not let it soak long enough. In the end, purple power or zep works best and if it doesn't work, sandblasting will get it clean. Thanks for watching and the comment!
I used self cleaning oven cycle to clean off exhaust manifolds after cleaning them by hand as much as i could. And wow they look new again shocking how well it did. Just go away for a few hours because it will smell for a little wile at first but goes away eventualy. You have to try this my own experiment worked . Let them cool down compleatly on their own. Do not use water or anything to speed process up or you will crack the manifolds.
I'm pretty sure easy off is supposed to get hot so it's better for an engine you can start and heat up. The best thing I've ever used was a steam pressure washer when I was a tech at a dealership. No chemicals were even need with that beast. They are expensive but You can buy a heater that you run in line with a smaller pressure washer that will do the trick or you can even rig up a hot water faucet at home for your washer. The hot water instead of the cold is the trick. You don't wash dishes with cold water, right? If you do enough of this kind of work the investment might be worth it. If not, try to make friends with a detail guy at a dealership and he might hook you up with a wash for a few bucks!
Not a fair comparison my friend. Use Easy Off Heavy Duty and only AFTER the component is HOT. Easy Off works with heat. You have a sweatshirt on so it tells me your in a cool temp condition. Best if it's a very hot dry day.. let the part sit out then spay and let it sit for about an hour.. THEN spray off.
I felt the Autozone spray was essentially the same as gunk. I need to make another video with ZEP industrial purple degreaser, it is far superior than the traditional sprays.
The active ingredient in Oven Cleaners is Sodium Hydroxide, a very strong alkaline. Also called Lye. The Fume Free uses a different chemical composition. I'd suggest get the good stuff that's not fume free. Don't breathe it and wear protective gear (goggles & rubber gloves). It can be neutralized with white vinegar (Acetic Acid). I've used it for this purpose for decades and it's worked exceptionally well.
Awesome, I'll try that with the next cleaning!
@@fultonsgarage6331 I enjoyed your video. Prompted me to get out the Pressure Washer. Give it a go. I'm using it on a 1978 VW Bus as I write this. Put it on very liberally and let it set. But BE CAREFUL!!! this stuff is nasty, it can cause blindness if it gets in your eyes and can chemical burn your lungs if inhaled. There's reasons they made a safer version. But not for getting grease & gunk off engines. I'd also recommend lightly scrubbing with a non-metallic brush. Kinda like washing dishes but worse. Then yet when i wash car parts in the Kitchen Sink the wife gets kinda miffed. BTW I
I never heard of anyone trying oven cleaner to degrease engine parts. My little experience with oven cleaner is it works better on the 2nd cleaning than it does on the first, also if you scratch the grease or grime a bit then apply oven cleaner, it penetrates much better and cleans pretty well. I normally use purple power to degrease heavy sludge like what you have. It works much better than engine degreaser does from AZ.
I kept seeing people use oven cleaner here on youtube. I thought I would do a comparison. A lot of viewers have told me I either did not heat the part of adequately or did not let it soak long enough. In the end, purple power or zep works best and if it doesn't work, sandblasting will get it clean. Thanks for watching and the comment!
*Pressure Washer turns off*
“Shit”
Lmfaooo
Oven cleaning is supposed to be alkaline like a spray lye so it should be alright on like carbon but the low fume is probably not the play
I used self cleaning oven cycle to clean off exhaust manifolds after cleaning them by hand as much as i could. And wow they look new again shocking how well it did. Just go away for a few hours because it will smell for a little wile at first but goes away eventualy. You have to try this my own experiment worked . Let them cool down compleatly on their own. Do not use water or anything to speed process up or you will crack the manifolds.
I'm pretty sure easy off is supposed to get hot so it's better for an engine you can start and heat up. The best thing I've ever used was a steam pressure washer when I was a tech at a dealership. No chemicals were even need with that beast. They are expensive but You can buy a heater that you run in line with a smaller pressure washer that will do the trick or you can even rig up a hot water faucet at home for your washer. The hot water instead of the cold is the trick. You don't wash dishes with cold water, right? If you do enough of this kind of work the investment might be worth it. If not, try to make friends with a detail guy at a dealership and he might hook you up with a wash for a few bucks!
I found that industrial degreaser from Zep works the best for caked on grease. I ended up sandblasting it to get the remaining stubborn stuff off.
that wash gun was me today haha. nice vid
the blue can oven cleaners is not as strong as the yellow can
Would a good pressure washer not get the crud off without the need for cleaners?
Not in this case. I ended up using a pressure pot sandblaster to remove it.
Not a fair comparison my friend. Use Easy Off Heavy Duty and only AFTER the component is HOT. Easy Off works with heat. You have a sweatshirt on so it tells me your in a cool temp condition. Best if it's a very hot dry day.. let the part sit out then spay and let it sit for about an hour.. THEN spray off.
Thanks for the tips!
Absolutely can confirm this to be true. The fume-free (blue can) Easy off sucks. The heavy duty (yellow can) is the way to go. 100% s
YOU NEED TO CAKE THE OVEN CLEANER ON AND LET IT SIT FOR A HOUR
Why not use Gunk cleaner?
I felt the Autozone spray was essentially the same as gunk. I need to make another video with ZEP industrial purple degreaser, it is far superior than the traditional sprays.
easy off only works when the item is baked .. 200 degrees Fahrenheit, so you use it on a HOT engine. your comparison is apples to oranges.
Dawg u pressure washed the autozone stuff wayy more
Haha, I saw it needed some help.
The FUME free oven cleaner is garbage .The normal is much better
awesome, good info. Especially that piece of shit pressure sprayer!!
Dawg u pressure washed the autozone stuff wayy more