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On 6 Jun 99, at 2ñ_8ú even Ayres wrote: > > JasonR=> Should read cold tanked. If hot tanked the case melts quickly. > > Well, as I understand it my guy uses hot solvent, and that's what we > call it. Maybe there's a different process known this way in your > region? My machinist is the best in AZ bar none, and has been working on > VWs since the '50s. My impression is that "hot tank" usually referred to a heated solution of a strong alkali. This is great for iron and steel, but will eat aluminum and magnesium. It also ruins the solution and pisses off your mechanic if you should give him some stuff to clean that has some light metal parts in it that he doesn't recognize. There are other solutions for these metals, and some of them can be used warm. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe