/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Acetone, rubbing alcohol, or that simple green stuff. Not all at once, though.

>>553063

I don't know if it would work, but in the machine shop where I work we use kerosene to remove grease and oils. If you wash the surface really well afterwards it might be okay?

I don't know if that is food safe though. Maybe you could look into something similar that is?

>>553063
We use spray 9 for a degreaser at work. We work with oils and fuels though. But that stuff works great.

Careful though it'll melt epoxy and all that other junk.

>>553063
>I have stainless steel rods that get extremely greasy from cooking.

Are they solid metal rods? Can't you just wipe them down and wash with detergent?

i know two ways to get rid of the grease.

- use Vim cream. cover the area, and wait 20 minutes or more. the hard grease should become jello-like and come off with a Scotch pad.

- boil the steel for 10 minutes, then rub off the grease with Scotch pad.

>>553063
> stainless steal rods.

That's it baby, talk dirty to me.

Don't stop at warm.... Back when I did maintenance for McDonald's when we had something that was to greasy to clean normally we'd clean it by emptying a fry vat... Filling it with water and degreaser..... Usually mo degreaser... And then boiling it.... The high heat makes the grease loosen up... Then because it's starting to melt a bit the degreaser chemicals work a lot better.... If it can make a McDonalds fry vat clean... Then it'll clean whatever rods your sticking in it...

soak of an hour or so in hot water with caustic soda (NaOH) added. You can get caustic soda in the supermarket labeled as drain cleaner.

Do not breath the fumes. Only use with steel, any aluminium will dissolve.

>>553147
What this guy said. I do my BBQ grids etc in warm water loaded with caustic soda in a plastic bin. Cleans them up real easy.

> Do not breath the fumes. Only use with steel, any aluminium will dissolve.

dont think it's a good idea to use a product this caustic on cookware, when, invariably, some molecules of this stuff are gonna end up in your stomach.

>>553151

Some added instructions then:

After the soak you have to brush/scrub and rinse with water.

Wear gloves, avoid touching the caustic water.

This process is food safe as long as you properly rinse the product.

Chemically what is happening is similar to what happens when you make soap. You are combining fat (grease) and NaOH (similar to lye) to make soap.

I used to do this with the chicken grills and BBQs when I worked a the butchers in my teens.

Op here...i was looking to just spray them off with a 150psi spray nozzle after the soak. I don't want to scrub them afterward because it takes too long. I'm trying to clean around 1000 steel rods at a time so it would save time if the soap did the job. Ill keep what you guys have mentioned in mind thank you....degreaser works to remove everything there's still marks where the grease used to be until I rub it off so I was just looking for something stronger...ill try what u guys have talked about and hopefully something will clear the steel fully

>>553151

Actually, it's probably safer option in that respect than OP's current solution. Small amounts of residual lye won't damage your health. The concentrated lye solution itself is dangerous, of course.