I wonder how it would work in an ultrasonic cleaner.   I was thinking of buying one and waited until HF came out with their new years 25%  off coupon.  This year it had the exception that it doesn't count.   .   So no ultrasonic cleaner for me.

I did soak some rubber stuff in pine sol once.  It really refreshed it.   AND it made the basement smell great!   Pine sol is good stuff.

Edit: I posted before watching your video.

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Interesting, I've found that straight kerosene to clean parts works pretty good.  However, many other available cleaners and de-greasers worked just as well.  Although they didn't leave a nice pine smell afterward!  

MS wrote:

Could the Pine Sol also be diluted to reduce the cost? I was using that cut 2.5 gallon container to do four pistons/rods at a time.

I do not know about diluting it.  Might work but all the research I did they were using it at full strength.  It is not that expensive and can be reused quite a few times.
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Greg B wrote:

I wonder how it would work in an ultrasonic cleaner. I was thinking of buying one and waited until HF came out with their new years 25% off coupon. This year it had the exception that it doesn't count. . So no ultrasonic cleaner for me.

I did soak some rubber stuff in pine sol once. It really refreshed it. AND it made the basement smell great! Pine sol is good stuff.

Edit: I posted before watching your video.

You are stepping all over future videos 😂😂😂  I have an ultrasonic cleaner that is carb size, got it from Amazon.  I am going to do one throttle body in the cleaner and one in a non agitated soak.  I am also going to do a video on restoring rubber with pine-sol.  I have been doing that for years and it is a fantastic technique.
 

Daze wrote:

MS wrote:

Could the Pine Sol also be diluted to reduce the cost? I was using that cut 2.5 gallon container to do four pistons/rods at a time.

I do not know about diluting it.  Might work but all the research I did they were using it at full strength.  It is not that expensive and can be reused quite a few times.
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Greg B wrote:

I wonder how it would work in an ultrasonic cleaner. I was thinking of buying one and waited until HF came out with their new years 25% off coupon. This year it had the exception that it doesn't count. . So no ultrasonic cleaner for me.

I did soak some rubber stuff in pine sol once. It really refreshed it. AND it made the basement smell great! Pine sol is good stuff.

Edit: I posted before watching your video.

You are stepping all over future videos 😂😂😂  I have an ultrasonic cleaner that is carb size, got it from Amazon.  I am going to do one throttle body in the cleaner and one in a non agitated soak.  I am also going to do a video on restoring rubber with pine-sol.  I have been doing that for years and it is a fantastic technique.
 

It did wonders for my 63 Gal Hardtop wing rubbers.  Still pliable 15 years later.  And they probably still smell good to boot!
 

Over the years, I have had the joy of getting a handful of older Honda motorcycles back on the road (60's and 70's stuff).  I have an ultrasonic cleaner I use to clean the carbs.  I use diluted Simple green.  Works like magic, but it does discolor the cast aluminum.  Works great on curb picked snow blowers too, for those of you familiar with those machines.....

I used that purple cleaner on my bicycle chain while the chain was still on the bike.  It ruined the clear coat finish on my crank arms.

TimC wrote:

Works great on curb picked snow blowers too, for those of you familiar with those machines.....

Oh, the different things people put out to the curb. 
 

Nos681 wrote:

Doesn’t Purple Power have a warning about etching aluminum on the label?
Water might make it a more effective cleaner too without as much etching.

I would need to look again but I believe it said "use caution" around aluminum and not much more

Nos681 wrote:

I enjoy your experiments like this.

What was the cost comparison?

Thanks, I try to do it in a way that does a real apples to apples comparison.  I never thought to compare cost.  I just went to Walmart's website and it looks like the purple power is cheaper but neither are very expensive for the job they are doing.  Depending on the size bottle you get the Purple power is about half the cost of the Pine-Sol.

As promised I did another experiment and put one of my throttle bodies in a Pine-Sol  24 hour soak and the other throttle body went into a Pine-Sol filled ultrasonic cleaner.  That video will drop in a couple weeks.