DIY "hot tank" works great !!!!!, Solvent recommendations ??? Options

[Mueller]

Sorry no pics, maybe this weekend I'll shoot some.........

anyways.............


I needed to strip some tar, undercoating and paint off of some of my suspension parts as well as engine parts and decided to make my own hot tank.

I used a large plastic tub, filled it with a 50/50 mix Castrol SuperClean and hot water (boiled the water on my oven and dumped it into the tub with the parts in it)

Within a few hours, the parts had been completly stripped of all paint and undercoating. Much easier than sandblasting to remove the paint and all the other crud.

I think my next step will be to add an electric heating element to the tub....it looks like an heating element for a electric water heater would work out perfect...the element is about 12 dollars and the thermostat is about 25 dollars or so.

I have yet to clean anything aluminum with this setup since I know the Castrol SuperClean really attacks the aluminum if left in the solution too long, but I'm sure it'll work out nice as long as I keep an eye out on the time the parts are left in the solution.

What other solvents would be ideal in a "hot tank"???