Alternatives to carb cleaner

Tooljunkie said

I used gunwash, from the body shop. i have soaked carbs in pine-sol 50/50 water.

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I tried pine sol on a Carter and I got nowhere. I left the boosters in overnight and the next morning they were spongy! Really attacked the Aluminum I guess. Ill stick with stinky Berryman's and the next time I got to NV or AZ, Ill buy another gallon of it. Check out my rusty wheel stripped in acid
Cleaning Wheels with Acid .
Stuff works but the wheels looked worse in a week! Flash rusted big time even after I dipped them in 1 box:3 gallons of water of baking soda neutralizer and applied oil! I think the pool acid to water (always add acid to water, not the other way around!) ratio was ~2:3 kept adding water until the rim was covered in the bottom of a 40 gallon trash can, perfect size. I would add some rocks or something to the center just to take up volume where the rim is hollow..Pool acid was $7 for 2 gallon pack at Homeless Depot iirc. And Acid vapor will rust bare metal feet away as posted.