#@%$&* Diesel Fuel
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#@%$&* Diesel Fuel
Somebody else posted in the other day asking how to remove diesel fuel. Well, I’m here for you man! We got a sloppy mess of snow, sleet and rain the other day and I went to the quarter car wash to blow off the snards and larger accumulations of salt and dirt before heading home for the two bucket finale. As I was merrily blasting away, I started to notice blotches of something all over my (Oxford White) truck. I also noticed that the white letters on my tires were brownish-yellow. Hmmmm, what do we have here – that won’t come off with the high pressure spray?
Well, I got home and whipped out the buckets with some of my Zaino soap and found out it wasn’t taking any of the gunge (that’s a technical term) off either. Upon closer examination, I found literally the entire truck covered with a thin layer of diesel fuel. The “blotches” were just bigger drops. Somebody must have been leaking diesel fuel out there! Why me?
What did I do next? The truck had six or seven coats of Zaino on it from about a month ago, but I figured that was going to sacrifice itself to just about any cleaning method aggressive enough to get off dried diesel fuel. So, I mixed up some Dawn dish soap and warm water and started washing with a wash mit. This got some, but not all of the slime off. Based on a recommendation from a chemist friend of mine, I then used Mineral Spirits (a very weak solvent) on a soft cloth to gently remove the rest – which basically amounted to about 20 small spots. Next, it was time to re-Zaino the whole truck. The Z-1 seemed to remove the few small spots I missed. The Z-2 then finished the job.
So did everything come off? Yes. Life is good again. My paint seems to be none the worse for wear, but I’m pretty sure having something (like Zaino or any other protective layer) made the cleanup go much easier. I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
Well, I got home and whipped out the buckets with some of my Zaino soap and found out it wasn’t taking any of the gunge (that’s a technical term) off either. Upon closer examination, I found literally the entire truck covered with a thin layer of diesel fuel. The “blotches” were just bigger drops. Somebody must have been leaking diesel fuel out there! Why me?
What did I do next? The truck had six or seven coats of Zaino on it from about a month ago, but I figured that was going to sacrifice itself to just about any cleaning method aggressive enough to get off dried diesel fuel. So, I mixed up some Dawn dish soap and warm water and started washing with a wash mit. This got some, but not all of the slime off. Based on a recommendation from a chemist friend of mine, I then used Mineral Spirits (a very weak solvent) on a soft cloth to gently remove the rest – which basically amounted to about 20 small spots. Next, it was time to re-Zaino the whole truck. The Z-1 seemed to remove the few small spots I missed. The Z-2 then finished the job.
So did everything come off? Yes. Life is good again. My paint seems to be none the worse for wear, but I’m pretty sure having something (like Zaino or any other protective layer) made the cleanup go much easier. I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
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Re: #@%$&* Diesel Fuel
Originally posted by 2stroked
I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
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Re: #@%$&* Diesel Fuel
Originally posted by 2stroked
I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
I do have one recommendation though. It’s not technically a “two bucket” wash method. It’s more like “two buckets and a six pack.”
