Mud
Diamond
- Joined
- May 20, 2002
- Location
- South Central PA
Has anyone here done it? I've heard of home hobby guys using the wife's dishwasher for engine parts, heads manifolds and such, I'm wondering if it will work for a machine shop.
We get aluminum parts polished and do some here, they come back with compound in the hard to reach places and it's a real pain to clean it up and just about impossible to do it without marking up the polished finish. I'm thinking having a dedicated machine on the shop floor to wash them with soap and water would be more effective than hand cleaning in an aqueous parts washer or bench cleaning plus would avoid the abraded marks caused by wiping them.. Could also work for steel parts and tools if I can keep them from rusting.
So - will a household washer stand up to machine shop crud? Anyone done it? How did it work?
Do I need a big water heater to connect to it or do dishwashers heat their own water? That's how little I know about them.
We get aluminum parts polished and do some here, they come back with compound in the hard to reach places and it's a real pain to clean it up and just about impossible to do it without marking up the polished finish. I'm thinking having a dedicated machine on the shop floor to wash them with soap and water would be more effective than hand cleaning in an aqueous parts washer or bench cleaning plus would avoid the abraded marks caused by wiping them.. Could also work for steel parts and tools if I can keep them from rusting.
So - will a household washer stand up to machine shop crud? Anyone done it? How did it work?
Do I need a big water heater to connect to it or do dishwashers heat their own water? That's how little I know about them.