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LPT: Fast Orange mechanic's hand cleaner is apparently awesome at cleaning smoke soot off of salvage items from vehicle or home fires. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/lifeprotips@lemmy.world
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Both bottles came from the same vehicle fire, and both were equally black with soot. I cleaned the larger bottle with the product itself, about to go clean the smaller bottle, just figured I'd share the comparison, the stuff works great for fire soot!

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[–] 18 points 7 months ago

this stuff is pretty great at cleaning lots of stuff

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    [–] 11 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, this and bar keepers friend are always in my cabinet.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Bar keeper's friend?

    Dare I ask, is it a shotgun or a baseball bat?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's a mild acid powder that you add water to it's good for scrubbing metals. It will remove coatings on some pots and pans.

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Wait, is that an actual useful tip? Thank you!

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    [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I love that shit. Apparently in mechanics' circles there are similar products out there, and a bunch of people bicker online about how it's not as good as some other products out there. I saw this video a few years back, but it didn't sway me. Fast Orange has been great to me.

    https://youtu.be/rYNMbJ522jM

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    [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I love that shit in general, as well as lava soap. I think there's a similar goop product as well

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    I use Murphy's Oil Soap, full strength, straight out of the bottle, on a terrycloth towel, to clean dirty old guitars. It cleans them right up, and gives the finish a beautiful shine.

    People debate all sorts of expensive products, but a tiny bit of Murphy's will clean an entire guitar, and a whole bottle will last a LONG time, and it's cheap.

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    • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Lava soap is also amazing and cheap

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Cleaning those is like trading books for a bookshelf.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago

    Nah, it really didn't take much, just enough to clean your hands anyways. The big bottle was brand new and full, the small bottle was empty and about to go in the trash.

    Once I saw how well the big bottle cleaned up, I changed my mind of tossing the old empty bottle. Instead, I cleaned it up and split the Fast Orange between the bottles. One for the apartment, one for the vehicle..

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