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Post by sheltie on Mar 11, 2013 10:30:43 GMT -5
I've been cutting my slabs and then immediately putting them in a container with degreaser for two days, then putting them in a dishwasher rack in the sun for another day before bringing them into the house and scrubbing them to get whatever oil may remain.
Today I bought a five gallon container of degreaser and when reading the instructions, I noticed it said not to be used on natural stone. I suspect this pertains to stone that is used for esthetic or ornemental purposes such as counter tops etc. However, I'd like opinions about using this.
I have used kitter litter (oil absorb) and don't care for it nor do I have any intention of using it again. Any comments regarding other methods or more particularly on my comments above about the degreasing would be appreciated.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Mar 11, 2013 10:48:26 GMT -5
dawn dish soap works wonders for degreasing
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 11, 2013 11:29:33 GMT -5
I have to squeegee my slabs off because I run the saw out in the cold and there's thick oil covering them when I grab them. After that I scrub them with a stiff brush in a bucket of hot water and dawn dish soap. This weekend I was making cabs with slabs the same day they were cut and had no problem with the dop wax holding so I figure they must be pretty clean of oil.
Chuck
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Post by phil on Mar 11, 2013 12:54:47 GMT -5
Most degreasers are petroleum based. Just a thinner kind of oil. We use Dawn and water for slabs, kitty litter for the rock butts and chunks.
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Post by sheltie on Mar 11, 2013 13:32:35 GMT -5
dawn dish soap works wonders for degreasing We scrub them in Dawn after they come from the degreaser. Is there anyone out there besides me who uses degreaser (I think that's a rhetorical question but I didn't see any responses). I guess more to the point, is there anything to be gained by using degreaser?
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Post by catmandewe on Mar 11, 2013 14:30:13 GMT -5
I put my slabs in a bucket of water with a generous amount of "totally awesome" which is a degreaser that is sold at most dollar stores. Then when I get time I take the bucket in the house and pour them into a sink and fill it with hot water and dish soap and then scrub each one of them clean. I have also stacked them in the dishwasher and ran them through a cycle before but they always have spots so I hand wash most of them now.
Tony
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Post by deb193redux on Mar 11, 2013 14:33:47 GMT -5
I use a dilute mix of TSP substitute, a detergent based degreaser like Greased-Lightening (an ethanol based cleaner) and lots of Dawn. This is my bucket. One for slabs and another for end-cuts. They may stay in there for a month.
When the bucket is full, I rinse with warm water several times and again with warm water w/ Dawn. I rinse each one under warm water and use a scotch-brite pad to try to make sure they are clean.
For any slab that I plan to treat with sugar-acid or cupric-chlorid, I also dry them out in a 250-deg oven for several hours.
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 11, 2013 22:12:03 GMT -5
I drop my slabe into kitty litter till I run out of room then move them to a busket of water with Castrol Royal Purple degreaser. I work on old cars too so it's around anyway, best automotive non petroleum degreaser I know of.
Lee
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Post by bobby1 on Mar 14, 2013 0:28:23 GMT -5
I just place my slabs into a tray of kitty litter for a couple days, then wipe the dust off with a soft rag. I've never had to wash any oil off them with soap and water/degreaser or such. Bob
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Post by unclesoska on Mar 14, 2013 14:21:41 GMT -5
Kitty litter or oil dry is the way I roll- Oil dry at Walmart in the Auto Dept., is less than $4.00 a bag and no perfume smell.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 17, 2013 6:43:34 GMT -5
I use dawn as well (with scrub brush), but a friend of mine puts his in a bucket full of kitty litter for a day and it sucks the oil right out of them, then he washes them with the dish soap.
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