Sno Bol and Pine Sol

[hondadreamca77]

Common cleaning products tips that worked for me.....

SNO BOL TANK DE-RUST:
While waiting for the CA77 carb rebuild kit to arrive I removed the tank and de rusted it inside with Sno Bol (Dollar General $1.99). It was pretty nasty. Drained it, used bottle Sno Bol, sloshed every ten minutes for one hour, drained again and then flushed with gas, drained, blew out with air. I had previously rattled the inside with nuts and small bolts when I first got it. I got this tip off a Kawasaki forum.....I am AMAZED at the result, the inside looks new! I am now letting the tank sit with gas in it over night to test for pin holes or leaks.

PINE SOL CARBURETOR BATH:
Took carb. all apart and soaked all pot metals 4 hours in Pine Sol......then boiled all in water .......looks GREAT! Got this tip off this forum.

Only metal parts used in above applications. Rubber/ cork items set aside. Do NOT soak carb in SNO BOL....only pine Sol. otherwise it will eat up the pot metal.

Maybe we should start a 305 Cookbook.....?

Steve

[LOUD MOUSE]

I'm going to try the Sno Bol for sure. .......lm

Common cleaning products tips that worked for me.....

SNO BOL TANK DE-RUST:
While waiting for the CA77 carb rebuild kit to arrive I removed the tank and de rusted it inside with Sno Bol (Dollar General $1.99). It was pretty nasty. Drained it, used bottle Sno Bol, sloshed every ten minutes for one hour, drained again and then flushed with gas, drained, blew out with air. I had previously rattled the inside with nuts and small bolts when I first got it. I got this tip off a Kawasaki forum.....I am AMAZED at the result, the inside looks new! I am now letting the tank sit with gas in it over night to test for pin holes or leaks.

PINE SOL CARBURETOR BATH:
Took carb. all apart and soaked all pot metals 4 hours in Pine Sol......then boiled all in water .......looks GREAT! Got this tip off this forum.

Only metal parts used in above applications. Rubber/ cork items set aside. Do NOT soak carb in SNO BOL....only pine Sol. otherwise it will eat up the pot metal.

Maybe we should start a 305 Cookbook.....?

Steve

[hondadreamca77]

Sno Bol contains hydrochloric acid which eliminates rust. It works on steel but am told it dissolves pot metal and is corrosive to chrome. I am not a chemist...

[brewsky]

Appears to be the same as "The Works" toilet bowl cleaner for about the same price. (20% hydrochloric acid)

I use it to de-rust parts before zinc plating. Works great, but flash rust returns quickly, so you have to coat it soon after using.

[hondadreamca77]

Brewsky,

Are you doing the Zinc plating yourself or sending out? I read this is easy to learn...

[brewsky]

DIY.........it's really pretty easy and there are several good threads on this forum if you do a search.

[hondadreamca77]

Read the threads...going to try zinc plating in near future.

Re: Tank -You are correct; after getting shiny clean, inside of tank did flash up with a brown coating.