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Originally Posted by jakeman
I have been cleaning alot of excavators myself and have found upstreaming my soap with hot water works well. I usually get most of the grease off this way, then I spray the stubborn spots with potassium hydroxide degreaser sprayed from a hand pump sprayer. This usually melts the rest off. Also I find if my soap mixture is a little stronger it gets rid of the grease more easily instead of just pushing it around the machine. Then I take a gallon of orange cleaner to the shower to try to get the grease off myseelf!
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What potassium hydroxide cleaner do you use and at what ratio? I use my shurflo to apply chems...And yes, getting clean afterwards can take awhile. I came home and spent 2 hours cleaning my equipment and used some old pumice cleaner on my face. I would like to use a face shield, but not sure if it is practical because it will just get caked with grease and I won't be able to see. Do you use a face shield? I now have a better idea of what to do. I am going to get some hose covers for the section of hose closest to the gun....boots and gloves(duct taped at the wrist)....trench coat rainwear(for easy removal afterwards(unlike a typical rainsuit that is hard to get off without grease getting on your clothes)....and an mp3 player pumping tunes into my ears to make the whole process more enjoyable!