Soaking Aluminum heads and suck

[Dragcity]

So, I have all these aluminum parts from 2004 and 2005 that are old and grimy. I read a bunch of articles on hot tanking and soaking and such. It seems that acetone is pretty OK for aluminum.

I have a large quantity of acetone and methanol from the distillery. Probably has a good measure of Ethanol in there too.

Does anyone have any experience with soaking aluminum parts for cleaning, that has been successful?

 

[Dragcity]

Sorry, that was supposed be "and SUCH" corrected

but, got your attention?

 

[Mr. Man]

Not sure if it will work, but I'd try a test piece that is disposable first to see what happens.

 

[musclemerc]

Do you plan on stripping the heads bare or you going to clean them up and run them?

I use brake cleaner and a stiff brush in the past followed by lots of water then blow dry with compressed air. Never had any issues!

 

[Dragcity]

They will get stripped, all new components.

 

[musclemerc]

Then let the machine shop do it.

 

[Grimrepairman]

^ what he said.
Or find someone who does baking soda blasting. Will safely remove everything except heavy oxidation.