radiator bottle and washer bottle

[Ken B]

anyone have any luck on finding a way to clean up the plastic bottles for radiator overflow and washer fluid?
This is an inside job I can do in the wash tub.....too cold in garage

 

[RedBeard_83]

I have had decent luck with dawn dish soap and oxy clean .

 

[Ken B]

thanks
trying that

 

[82sbshortbed]

Clr? If you got a bit of rust in it that should get it.

 

[Ken B]

another fine suggestion.....

 

[disenough]

dishwasher powder warm water and shake it

 

[bucket]

I've used carb cleaner in the inside, followed by a quick rinse with water, then a cleaning with Simple Green and another rinse with water. Results were not like a brand new part, but much more presentable.

 

[AuroraGirl]

I have had decent luck with dawn dish soap and oxy clean .

for those of us who cant use dawn for allergic reaction

Ive had ENORMOUS succcess with a 20 dollar pipe-cleaner looking brush from a Farm and Fleet that I got for free, i can bend the end to a 90 degree and clean the top of the bottle(wire is stiff as hell, holds,) and soaking in some degreaser and pressure water.

I clean my cars reservoir like this twice, and it wasnt perfect but then I Put it back in use(Had a coolant refill coming up), and whatever was left came off in a month or so when I did it again.
the black and stuff visible was a minor bit on the outside, 90% or so is inside the reservoir, in the way right

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during 1st clean

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[AuroraGirl]

ignoring all the random paint, look at the recent now pic:

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and this is also a good example of why you should use ventilation while painting.
you get high and want to paint everything

and for beer people, in the backround is an empty case box of

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[just_some_guy]

Haven't started on my radiator overflow bottle yet, but I got my wiper fluid bottle clean using a Scotch-Brite dish sponge and some Windex and Goo-Gone. The wiper fluid bottle has this sheet of clear plastic over the top of it and it had some paint on it from the overspray from when it was painted. Cleaned right off with a little elbow grease. Inside wasn't really dirty.

 

[Octane]

Bleach.Let it soak and scrub out best you can.

 

[Ken B]

bleach is my next add....soaked for a day. scrubbed a little. soaking again. I figure it took years to get grimy it wont come clean overnight...

 

[Terlingueno]

My overflow and washer bottles were so old and gnarly I ordered new ones from LMC. Now my engine compartment looks factory new, kinda...

 

[Jeff Lewis]

new ones are cheap

 

[Powerhouse Ranch]

My overflow and washer bottles were so old and gnarly I ordered new ones from LMC. Now my engine compartment looks factory new, kinda...

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