I just had to look -
http://www.zep.com/products/products...rchTer m=1049
Says:
A protective coating for ferrous surfaces where safety, low-odor, short-term
protection and paintability are important. Leaves no visible residue. Will
not interfere with subsequent painting of treated surfaces.
Sounds good. MSDS says 10-20% by weight triethanolamine and 5% by weight
sodium nitrite, neither of which are particularly nasty at the final
concentrations (I guess the TEA is for pH control? and the sodium nitrite
will be sacrificially oxidized to nitrate to protect the iron surface).
Should rinse right off whatever you clean with just water, and the MSDS says
it is not hazardous waste. Lots of industrial cleaning supply houses are
Zep distributors so it shouldn't be hard to find locally to you. Only real
question is how often do you need to replenish it?
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Ignoramus27349 wrote:
Here's something interesting.
I have a Graymills 800-A parts washer.
http://goo.gl/a7k4g
It is supposed to be used with a petroleum based solvent. I would,
naturally, prefer to use a water base solvent.
If I can use water instead of Petroleum, I can save a huge amount of
money, EPA hassles, disposal fees, actual headaches from fumes,
etc. So, I am very interested in finding a solution!
I called Graymills company today and asked them, what would happen if
I put water with Simple Green in this parts cleaner.
The guy said, it will work just fine, it will clean, and the pump will
pump, but it will start rusting.
So, now I am thinking about preventing rust.
1) Can I add some kind of rust inhibitor to the water/Simple green
solution?
2) Can I, perhaps, fashion some zinc anode or something, like they do
on outboard motors for boats?
Any other ideas?
thanks!
i
Zep makes an anti-rust product #1049. I use it in the water table for my
CNC plasma cutting. 8oz per gal of water, or 1 gal per 500gal tank
capacity per the label. It comes in 5gal and 55gal sizes only BTW. I
don't know about it's compatibility with cleaners.