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RustyUs 11-25-2020 01:17 PM

Products For Cleaning Your RC
 
I don't know where I first saw it, but Simple Green Foaming Crystal Industrial Cleaner & Degreaser is getting a very good "rep" around the interwebs.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...5f348a0431.pnghttps://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...736f9e828c.png

I had to try it along with trusted plastic rejuvenator WD-40 Specialist Silicone Lubricant. Well, I'm hooked! It's a good thing, 'cause I couldn't find the single cans of the foaming stuff anywhere... I had to buy a of it.

I normally don't take my RCs out in muck. Once in awhile I'll get a wild hair up my rear end, and go for it. It was above 50*F outside, and there were leaves covering a corner of my track. Just so happens that the corner was filled with water. A couple of rounds later... it was too late.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...3bb1dfa01f.jpg
Fifteen minutes later, and walking back to the house, I tried to sling off the mud as much as possible... WOT through the grass.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...aed446cccc.jpg
This is the part I hate... taking off the lid to see what's inside.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...8e3c156bc5.jpg
I really wish I had gotten some shots of the Simple Green doing it's thing... foaming away the crap, but my hands were covered in crap. Mind you, I pushed off the large chunks of caked on crap before I started spraying the Simple Green in a can. I don't have a waterproof servo, so I took care not to oversaturate it. After a round of the foaming Simple Green, and air (lots of air), I hit the chassis with another round of foaming Simple Green. Letting the foam bubble away for 10 minutes, and blasting the nooks and crannies with lots of air, I sprayed everything down with some WD-40 Specialist Silicone Lubricant.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...8d2e539e0a.jpg
I wait for somebody to rebrand this foaming Simple Green stuff into a RC specific product and jack up the price.

Big Alice 11-25-2020 02:36 PM

I've always used simple green and alcohol 50-50 mix in a spray bottle. Small paint brush and then air compressor. Foaming simple green sounds pretty good. Might have to try it.

bill_delong 11-26-2020 06:57 AM

These are my all time favorite products for cleaning my RC's:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...abbae88d4f.jpg

RustyUs 11-26-2020 05:36 PM

That never gets old!

adamjoe 12-22-2020 10:38 PM

It is a useful product to clean stuff like you used. I want to mention there is also a good cleaner like car guys, chemical guys, and others those are safe and perform well.


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