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08-09-2008, 02:13 PM | #26 |
Looks good at 20-ft .....
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Students: Basic Chemistry class ala Truck Forum
Not to be a smart*ss, and I'm not a chemist, but one of the classes I DIDN'T sleep thru was high school chemistry. Because it was interesting, the way the guy taught it. Our teacher was into practical stuff - not just all about memorizing formulas. He taught about WHY stuff worked the way it does. So here goes: Oven cleaner = "lye" --- Potassium or Sodium Hydroxide That's why it's kinda-sorta bad for the kids, the dogs, grass, concrete & the environment in general. And also why it kinda itches or burns when it gets on your skin (it's a chemical burn -- eating it up & dissolving it .....). Real bad for your eyes, etc. That's why the warning labels on the cans are pretty serious-sounding. Lye + grease or oil + heat, & reaction time = "soap" (that's how grandma made lye-soap -- hog lard + lye & boil it & stir it then let what came to the top of the kettle cool & harden -- poof: gotchyer not so instant, & not so mild on the skin soap). That's how soap is made, still today. They just add a bunch of other cr*p to it to make it smell nice & be milder on your skin. Quoting Dusty_Case: "You know I found when working with oven cleaner the longer you let it sit on the frame the best it works and even better on a hot day " Yep - the reaction becomes more complete, the longer time it sits. & Yep again, the hotter it is, the faster the reaction goes --- 10 degrees centigrade increase doubles the reaction speed. Last edited by 68shortstep; 08-09-2008 at 02:13 PM. |
08-09-2008, 02:17 PM | #27 |
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
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08-17-2008, 01:09 AM | #28 | |
so easy a caveman can do it...
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self-cleaning ovens ftmfw! Even when I had one that wasn't self cleaning...I would do it with out oven cleaner. |
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08-17-2008, 10:40 AM | #29 | |
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Of course I asked my grandma if she would make me some. Sadly, she was getting up in years and only made one more batch before deciding to give it up. |
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