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Safety warning welding and brake cleaner. Never mix them!
Here is a link describing the serious health dangers involved when using brake clean on or near areas to be welded. This happened to a guy just like us.
Beware and stay safe. https://www.brewracingframes.com/saf...ces%20phosgene
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Wow - crazy story!! Thanks for posting.
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I have never understood why most people use Brakeclean as their go to for cleaning oily parts. Its meant for brakes and brake fluid is water based so it will not work as good anyway. CRC Heavy Duty Degreaser works better than carb cleaner for oily parts.
Thanks for posting the warning, I weld a lot. |
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So many act like a product made for cleaning something, brakes, that has a fluid that is not oil based is the go to, be all for cleaning oily parts. Its not. It has to have ingredients in it taking up space in that can designed to work with brake fluid, not engine oil. So its less efficient. Don't believe me, try some CRC. I had to clean a OEM oil filter adapter for a new expensive build. I used Brakeclean and was not happy with how clean I could get it. Got some CRC Heavy Duty Degreaser and it was night and day better. Does it work, yes but its far from being the best. And if it did not leave a residue this thread would not exist. Potentially deadly residue it leaves. People go down to the parts store all the time with the intention of buying a product to clean oily parts and no plans on going home and working on brakes. Then buy Brakeclean when there are cans of CARBcleaner right next to them that does a better job. Last edited by Dragncar; 04-06-2024 at 03:59 PM. |
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YES!!! Burning chlorine producing phosgene! Phosgene is a poisonous gas.
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Oh come on, toughen up a little!!!
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Please add welding galvanized material too
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DOT 3 brake fluid is polyethylene glycol based, not water based, if that matters to the discussion.
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I warned a guy on another forum about this - he told me to fark off with that chemistry shiat.
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survival of the fittest
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I remember a big thread about this years ago on this forum. Im no chemist but i think this warning doesn't apply to non-chlorine brake cleaner in the green can
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Correct
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If you could find it and link it here that would be cool. I didn't find anything when I searched.
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If “brake clean” doesn’t remove grease/oil, why is it commonplace to spray down new rotors with it when doing a brake job?
But yeah…high heat near chlorine? Not good bedfellows.
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Now, while it looks like brake fluid might not be purely water based, glycol. There is a huge difference what is in your brake system and your engine. If you put oil in your master cylinder you will basically destroy your brake system. Water, nope. You could flush it out, bleed everything and be OK. You wash brake parts in hot soapy water and never in a oil based solvent tank. Carb cleaner is just better at removing oil and grease than BrakeClean. The sticky dust ect. around your rotors is not oil based. When I was a kid before Brake Clean was around or popular I seen my dad use a alcohol/water mix with a siphon gun and compressed air to clean around brake drums. My father was a master heavy equipment mechanic. |
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They sell non chlorinated brake cleaner. It's all I've used for decades.
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Same here.
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