scubaalblake
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I am a trained technician and have serviced a lot of regs however I am just starting O2 cleaning for 100% usage.
I've read 10,000 posts(!) and the oxyhacker book and I know all about contamination and explosions(!).
Did my first, first-stage today with simple-green/vinegar in sonic/simple-green/rinse x 3.
But I'm left with a few questions:
1. Today I cleaned with simple-green, then vinegar, then simple green again. The rinsed multiple times. Then did the 'shake test' on the wash water. Now the shake test is testing for residual simple green. I get it that you dont want loads of SG on your cleaned parts - but what is the risk here? My understanding is that oxygen and hydrocarbons is where the big risk is (ie of combustion). So what is the risk if a trace of SG is left behind?
2. Some folks are using distilled water to rinse. Why? As above the risk we are addressing is hydrocarbons and combustion, so why would distilled water make any difference? Maybe I am lucky (in Australia) but their ain't no hydrocarbons in our tap- water
3. I understand about not getting skin oils onto the parts and using gloves. But why do people specify 'latex' gloves. Is there any reason why the 'non-latex' food preparation gloves from the supermarket wont do the trick? Some people are allergic to latex and once again its about preventing oils and grease getting into the HP O2 stream so cant see the speification of 'latex' being important.
Thoughts? what have I missed?
BTW one tip that was brilliant was to wipe the 'clean' parts with makeup pads. Showed me that the reg body wasnt as clean as I thought it was (in the threads) so back in the SG for the third time. Those pads really show up dirt clearly.
I've read 10,000 posts(!) and the oxyhacker book and I know all about contamination and explosions(!).
Did my first, first-stage today with simple-green/vinegar in sonic/simple-green/rinse x 3.
But I'm left with a few questions:
1. Today I cleaned with simple-green, then vinegar, then simple green again. The rinsed multiple times. Then did the 'shake test' on the wash water. Now the shake test is testing for residual simple green. I get it that you dont want loads of SG on your cleaned parts - but what is the risk here? My understanding is that oxygen and hydrocarbons is where the big risk is (ie of combustion). So what is the risk if a trace of SG is left behind?
2. Some folks are using distilled water to rinse. Why? As above the risk we are addressing is hydrocarbons and combustion, so why would distilled water make any difference? Maybe I am lucky (in Australia) but their ain't no hydrocarbons in our tap- water
3. I understand about not getting skin oils onto the parts and using gloves. But why do people specify 'latex' gloves. Is there any reason why the 'non-latex' food preparation gloves from the supermarket wont do the trick? Some people are allergic to latex and once again its about preventing oils and grease getting into the HP O2 stream so cant see the speification of 'latex' being important.
Thoughts? what have I missed?
BTW one tip that was brilliant was to wipe the 'clean' parts with makeup pads. Showed me that the reg body wasnt as clean as I thought it was (in the threads) so back in the SG for the third time. Those pads really show up dirt clearly.