Cleaning Aluminum w/ Stainless & EPDM Seals
Q. We have a new product that is filled with a silicone fluid. During the filling process excess fluid gets on the product. We have washed the parts in mineral spirits. The product is aluminum and stainless with EPDM seals. We believe the seals are being attacked by the mineral spirits. Is there a system you might have that will remove the silicone but not attack anything else?
Coupon Preparation Cleaning
Q. How do I clean metal substrates in coupon preparation when testing adhesive bonds?
A. To clean metal substrates prior to use in bond testing we recommend using a warm or hot % solution of Alconox® (1.25 oz/gal or 10 g/L) followed by a thorough water rinse to clean off residues that can cause bonding problems on metal coupons.
Cleaning Grinding Wheels
Q. Need help cleaning dried on surry from diamond grinding wheels.
We recommend using a warm 1% Alconox® solution (1.25 oz/gal or 10 g/L) followed by a thorough water rinse to clean off dried on slurry from diamond grinding wheels. Alconox® contains excellent wetting agents and particulate dispersants that will remove the dried on slurry.
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Cleaning Aluminum 6061-T6
Q. We have a new product to clean small precision parts of aluminum 6061-T6 which have been trough heat-treating (surface oxide) and afterwards machined (cutting fluids). What Alocnox product do you recommend?
A. For manual, soak and immersion cleaning of the aluminum, we recommend using a warm or hot 2% Citranox (2.5 oz/gal or 20 mL/L) mild, citric acid based detergent followed by …
Chelate Free Detergent
Q. We need a chelate-free detergent to avoid dissolved copper in our waste stream.
A. The only such product we make is Detergent 8. Note that Detergent 8 is a corrosive liquid and must be handled with appropriate personal protective equipment. Detergent 8 will attack aluminum and darken copper, forming copper oxide. Detergent 8 will not chelate copper.