I have a 1929 Little Giant power hammer under power in the shop, and I’m planning on doing a full refurbishment for it’s centenial celebration, everything but the bearings since the Babbit is fine and I don’t want to mess with it. That means stripping off a full century’s worth of grease down to bare metal so I can prime and paint it – and it’s a total loss lubrication system, you have to spend a few minutes greasing up zerks and pouring oil into resevoirs before firing it up, and there are places where the grease is just caked on it. If it wasn’t so heavy, I’d look at getting it to one of those professional hot caustic machinery cleaning machines they use to degrease train engines, but I’m thinking this stuff, simple green or similar, and a lot of toothbrush time is in my future.
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