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O'donnell Speed wash, anyone use this?

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DaveNJ80

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Hi, I just purchased the O'donnell speed wash spray because my LHS had just ran out of nitro cleaner and they said that this is just as good and safe on everything. I was wondering if I can spray in on the servo's & the motor and just hose it down like it states it should be able to. Please let me know how many of you guys use this and if you hose it down after spraying it. Thanks in advance.
 
DaveNJ80,

I have not tried O'donnell cleaners as I normally use a mixture of simple green and water and sometimes use WD-40 to get it to shine. I'd be interested in hearing how well the O'donnell works though!



-Michael
 
Simple Green is good, I use it full strength on areas that need it but I also have a 1/2 and 1/2 mix with water for general after-run wipe downs. A spray bottle of denatured alcohol is also on my work bench for the parts that I don't want to get soaking wet.
 
I guess I'm the first to use this. Well I decided just to use it. Instead of using a water hose and soak the entire truck I had a spray bottle with just water and used my air compressor to dry it quick. Not a bad product. I would recommend it. I'm not too much of a trying to keep my truck clean but sometimes it nice to work on a clean truck...Here is a before and after.
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I tell ya, best bang for the buck is 1/3 Simple Green and 2/3 denatured alcohol. I mix it up, pour into a spray bottle and have at whatever rig I am cleaning! I mean, I soak the sucker, servos and all, then spray it down with WD-40 THEN blow it out with a compressor!

Honestly, works great and costs so much less than buying that stuff from your LHS!
 
I tell ya, best bang for the buck is 1/3 Simple Green and 2/3 denatured alcohol. I mix it up, pour into a spray bottle and have at whatever rig I am cleaning! I mean, I soak the sucker, servos and all, then spray it down with WD-40 THEN blow it out with a compressor!

Honestly, works great and costs so much less than buying that stuff from your LHS!

Thanks I will keep that in mind when this runs out. I can't see my self spending $10 every time for one bottle. As it is I already used 1/3 of the bottle on just one wash.
 
I tell ya, best bang for the buck is 1/3 Simple Green and 2/3 denatured alcohol. I mix it up, pour into a spray bottle and have at whatever rig I am cleaning! I mean, I soak the sucker, servos and all, then spray it down with WD-40 THEN blow it out with a compressor!

Honestly, works great and costs so much less than buying that stuff from your LHS!

Thanks for the Green and Alcohol mixture, I'm gonna try that next time I clean my Revo.

Dave that does look like it did a good job, but I'm with you on not spending $10 for 3 cleanings.
 
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