What's Your Favorite "Gunk"?

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What are your work helpers - those liquids, gels, sprays, etc. that you use on almost every job?Here are some of mine...My #1 Favorite Gunk - Spray Nine cleaner/degreaser!I use this to clean the grease/oil/dirt off everything before I start a project.I use this to get the grease/oil/dirt off my hands while washing up in the sink after the job - just before I go to soap and water and the towel.  Over the years, I've gone through gallons of this Gunk.My #2 Favorite Gunk - Kerosene cleaner/degreaser!If the grease/oil/dirt or wax* is too thick or too stuck-on for Spray Nine, I use kerosene to cut it off.  Kerosene is also 'the best' wax remover.* Way back in 1971, the VW dealers used it to remove the solid wax layer sprayed on Volkswagons at the factory to protect from salt-water spray during shipping overseas as 'on-deck cargo' of freighters crossing the Atlantic.  The VW Dealer told me that they tried everything - and that kerosene worked best.  I found the same thing - Wax Striper!My #3 Favorite Gunk - Teaxco Rust Proof greaser/waxer!Yeper... good ole Texaco 'Rust Proof'.  I have only two partly used cans left of this Gunk - must have bought it circa 1965 - 1972.  In Canada, Texaco has passed into history and so has this great product.   I used it initially for undercoating my volkwagons against winter salt.  BUT... this stuff is great for protecting wheel hubs from rusting and brake parts from corrosion.  I also use it as lubricant on the wheel-stud threads - like when changing from winter to summer tires.  It's strange stuff - a mix of oil/greese/wax, it sprays runny, gels fast into the consistency of light grease... to Fresh Ear Wax - Yum!  Looks and feels like it too! This stuff lasts... it hardens into a tough but plyable layer; you can remove it with a scraper or kerosene.  My #4 Favorite Gunk - BEER! smoother!Yes, to make the job go 'smooth' or to celebrate the completion of a job, I find this 'gunk' works very well indeed - especially on a Hot Day.In summary, those are my most useful job helpers.So, What's your favorite Gunk?Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:Gojo. Good smellin good scrubbin hand soap. And most gojo comes with a some type of brush to get up under the finger nails!
Reply:"Gunk" water soluable cutting fluid for drilling holes.They also have a cutting fluid for bandsaws.Rapid tap for tapping holes.For drilling hardened (400F) steels, anchor lube (it's green and paste like.  I've aptly dubbed it "Shrek splooge!")
Reply:greasy stuff and soaps make a sudsy mess. i hit it withthe torch and let it all burn off..
Reply:Cleaners-acetone, slx denatured alchohol, laquer thinner and whatever degreaser Costco happens to be selling in bulk containers.Lubricants-WD40 and automatic tranny fluid (use as a cutting oil on the drill press alot)Internal Fluids-H2O, Corona, Cerveza Sol, Pacifico Clara, XX Dos EquisMM350P/Python/Q300MM175/Q300DialarcHFHTP MIG200PowCon300SMHypertherm380ThermalArc185Purox oaF350CrewCab4x4LoadNGo utilitybedBobcat250XMT304/Optima/SpoolmaticSuitcase12RC/Q300Suitcase8RC/Q400Passport/Q300Smith op
Reply:Here's a gunk I rarely use, but for gluing down vinyl apolstery it's the answer.  It's contact cement - in a spray can.Here's another Gunk that I use occassionally.  It has it's uses - like a clear coat over a paint job on steel to stop future moisture penetrating and rusting up the works.  It's water-based too.Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:Pix of cleaning Gunk wannabe and pix of slippery Gunk next to original Gunk penetrant.Matt Attached Images
Reply:Only used occasionally, I 'saved' this can of 'trichloroethylene' from a lab.  This used to be the 'gunk' used in vapour degreasers before the product was outlawed as carcinogenic.  As a cleaner, it beats acetone all to 'H'.What do I use it for?  It's 'the thing' for gluing acrylic plastic parts together! Only acrylic plastic; it doesn't work for polystyrene, ABS, etc.  But with acrylic ('Plexiglas'), the gunk softens/dissolves both surfaces and melds them together in a perfect molecular bond - no residue, no seam, just one piece (assuming you got all the air bubbles out.)  Got an acrylic plastic aquarium to build - this is the gunk to 'weld' it all together.Call it acrylic plastic welding solvent!If only we had something like this for steel and aluminum!  Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:I took some home in a quart poly container years ago to clean something. Put the bottle up in the garage and some time later I looked and the bottle was empty! And no, nobody else used it...Oh great, now we will probably have the enviro-nuts looking for us!Matt
Reply:Another gunk that comes in handy - occasionally.For striping enamel paint.  Cleaning a paint brush that someone left too long uncleaned with enamel-based or plastic-based paint.  This 'thinner' is aggresive and will soften most paints in situ - don't splash any on your car!Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet