Cleaning gunk from the river

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nranderson

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Has anyone used denture cleaner? I have had some great results on certain crud. Worth a try!
 

Van

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Perhaps salt and alcohol. Soak it.
 

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I use Barkeeper's Friend, copper bits, a large variety of brushes, lengths of copper wire bent at the ends at different angles, with the ends bevel cut to produce a sharp point ( gets into small imperfections to scrape the gunk out ).

All that, and a good measure of elbow grease!

Admittedly, I'm a bit OCD about it!

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DSD
 

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I have used heavy duty oven cleaner with a lot of success. It works like a charm when i clean black carbon off of some glass insulators i found. I heat up the insulators in a old coffee Cup Full of water upside down. I spray the cleaner inTo the item and put in a closed bag. Be careful the fumes are nasty. Do not heat up the item too much or it will break. 160 degrees about works and i have had no casualties. The picture was the only one i broke heating up so be warned. I used epoxy to reassemble.
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Heavy duty oven cleaner has worked on stuff that muriatic acid did not even effect.
 

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Here is two of the same insulators. The one with the heavy scale and carbon was soaked over night in muriatic acid with no result. The top one was 5 minutes in heavy duty oven cleaner.(easy off from home depot) Clean as can be.
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What's them old insulators worth??? I've 10 of the old HEMINGRAY-42 & THERE GREEN

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Insulators are not worth much $5.00 not being old and also they are clear. Color is everything. Green is a desirable color. Not sure the value.
 

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How about some coarse gravel and/or some bb's and shake well 1/2 full with water. worth a try.
 

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