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    #16
    Kerosene is a great degreaser. Suzuki recommends it for cleaning drive chains for example. It has similar cleaning abilities to mineral spirits (paint thinner.) Good stuff, but it may not be ideal for cleaning carbs that are varnished up.
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      #17
      or gasoline....or stove oil, varsol, even diesel. These are All petroleum- based solvents taht do about the same job-removing soft dirty sludges with petroleum base...
      Water and detergent can work too just flush all the detergent away.

      Stove/furnace oil will do a good job cleaning a chain and is cheaper. It can be reused if you let it settle long enough, too.

      But they do not ATTACK varnishes (where the petroleum-distallates have all evaporated). That's what the Berryman's is supposed to do. Likewise, (caustic) paint-removers, oven cleaners and more. All need careful watching and precautions. Some will eat the varnish and then the metal under it if you leave it long enough. Nowadays you can get "sonic" tools to get a little more action because just waiting for a static pool of fancy chemicals to do something is not always effective.

      It's hard to resist using a guitar string or similar stiff wire to speed things up if you're careful....or eschew the seriously toxic. Recently one member even removed the brass plugs to get at the passages. I hope to never go to this extreme!
      Last edited by Gorminrider; 04-15-2021, 12:21 PM.

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        #18
        My OLD metal can of carb cleaner has a metal basket it in. I should say "had". The bucket must be made of a different material than the bucket, because the solvent has already started to dissolve the bucket! That's how strong the stuff is!!!
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