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dougsewell
Getting Fingers Dirty
Hello again
The ammonia I use is Household Ammonia where the bottle label shows contents as 9.5% Ammonia Solution. Bought at my Home Hardware store for 1.99 500ml. For general cleaning and windows the advice is to use 70-140mls to 5 lts cold or warm water so my home made head cleaner of 1 part ammonia to 8 parts water and 1 part alchohol is quite strong in comparison to the general cleaning mix of about 1:35. Wax stripping advises a dilution of 1:16 with a rinse after 5 mins. I am sure a lesser dilution of my mix with even less alchohol (Gin in my case although Vodka could be a cheaper alternative) will work equally as well with less risk of corrosion to any metal parts. Safety check - - If you adopt the "one for the mix" and "one for me" habit, make sure it is the alchohol you swig and not the ammonia.
Great forum
Doug
The ammonia I use is Household Ammonia where the bottle label shows contents as 9.5% Ammonia Solution. Bought at my Home Hardware store for 1.99 500ml. For general cleaning and windows the advice is to use 70-140mls to 5 lts cold or warm water so my home made head cleaner of 1 part ammonia to 8 parts water and 1 part alchohol is quite strong in comparison to the general cleaning mix of about 1:35. Wax stripping advises a dilution of 1:16 with a rinse after 5 mins. I am sure a lesser dilution of my mix with even less alchohol (Gin in my case although Vodka could be a cheaper alternative) will work equally as well with less risk of corrosion to any metal parts. Safety check - - If you adopt the "one for the mix" and "one for me" habit, make sure it is the alchohol you swig and not the ammonia.
Great forum
Doug