SO waht's your choice and why?
Time to Hit Advance and restock while it BOGO free.


Reading around I found third from Berryman's Website. They don't address the Third choice (CA and NJ legal)




Our regular Brake Cleaner ismade up of chlorinated solvents, perchloro-ethylene (aka. tetrachloroethylene)and methylene chloride. These are non-flammable solvents that are extremelyfast-drying and provide the best cleaning for brake parts. The non-chlorinatedversions are fast-drying, although not always as fast as the chlorinated, andthe solvents are flammable. Some municipalities and state regulations havecaused the ban of the use and sale of the chlorinated version (i.e. California).Look closely to make sure you are getting the one best suited for your needs

 

We have a "Farm and Fleet" so we get the CRC brand in the red bottle cheaper than Wal*Mart. I don't feel that the green one cleans as well

 

Anything that is CA legal is usually worthless.
Doesn't clean well and leaves a residue.

 

I happen to like and use the chlorinated brake cleaner but it's important to remember to not weld on anything you've cleaned till long after it's evaporated. If you do weld prematurely it can produce phosgene gas as in WW1 gas warfare.

 

So cool.

Besides welding, is there any other way to trigger it?

 

I buy the cheapest one ...

 

Including CA itself.

 

Cheap here to. They all work for me.

 

Non chlorinated car quest/wearever brand stuff at advance. Cleans well and doesn't have that gagging vapor. Every few months they run a BOGO special and the special is going on this month.. Just bought 2 cases today actually.

 

Thanks Guys. At least here cost is equal between Chlorinated vs non-chlorinated.

I just wait till Advance Auto/Carquest puts them on sale and buy 2 cases for the shelf.

Last month it was mix and match with MAF, TB and Elec Contact cleaner. This month it's brake cleaner.

 

And that's what I'm going today. My concern with non-chlorinated is it's flammable where chlorinated isn't.

 

My son could probably figure a way. Were restoring a coke/beer machine and he's saving the rust to make thermite.

 

I've sprayed this stuff directly on a hot exhaust manifold and it didn't flame up. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

I have used several of them including Wal-Mart.

I like the AutoZone when it goes on sale for 2 for $6. Cleans well and the smell is not very offensive. I use it for several things.

 

I have been rebuilding my carburetor collection recently and I can tell you that the chlorinated (Environmentally Green) stuff is worthless.

I like the old kind (the flammable kind) as it breaks down bad gasoline related deposits better. I had a Accelerator pump squirter get plugged up. I soaked it for two days in the non-flammable kind of cleaner and it was still plugged up.

After soaking it in the flammable type cleaner (Outdoors) for 8 hours it cleared the opening back up.

I will not waste my money on the current "Green" products like those allowed in California.

My favorite cleaning device of all is a stand alone parts washer with the pump and little brush with fluid coming out of it. I use a commercial grade cleaner/degreaser and then I added a engine heating pad (glued to the bottom of cabinet) that (silicone pad 12"x12") brought the temperature up to 120 degree F. Any higher temperatures might lead to dangerous fumes being generated and since my parts washer is in my garage this is a concern.

The heat seems to make the cleaners work better. You just have to be careful to limit just how hot it gets. My parts washer has a fire door that will allow it to seal up in case of any fires. I simply installed a thermostat which limits the temperature to 120 degree F.

This is by far the best cleaning device I have, I use it on virtually any non-painted greasy part and it cleans it like new. It works on carburetor parts very nicely and removes all the deposits in the fuel bowls.

There are times where a heated chemical works better than the "off the shelf" products. Just be very careful working with flammable products around heat!

Good Luck and Merry Christmas!

 

You lost me here. The "old" stuff is chlorinated and non-flammable.

In an effort to make it more environmentally friendly, chemicals with chlorinated solventswere removed. But they added Heptane
and n-Hexane which is what makes non-chlorinated cleaner flammable.

 

Be nice Bubba. WI is rolling "hard left" too.


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It takes extreme heat from what I understand to create Phosgene. Although I don't know for sure, I suspect it could with other products like engine cleaners etc. if they are chlorinated.

I have welded things I've used these cleaners on but I've left them outside for a couple of hours after cleaning to ventilate and also did the welding outside to reduce the chances of fumes. If you ever do it, be as safe as you can and insure there's proper ventilation and if you have a respirator, use it.

 

I apologize, I thought that the newer brake fluids contained the chlorinated materials. I got it backwards....

I used some of the newer environmentally safe materials and they just did not cut through the blockage I was dealing with.

The older GUMOUT cans of Carburetor cleaner are my first choice, that stuff works better for me. Fortunately I have a large stash of it.

Thanks again!

 

I think that boat done sailed. It rolled. Hasn't rolled as far YET. Unlike the glass house, this house still has some siding although it does have a lot of windows.