Originally Posted by
achoo
Put the part in a large enough jar about half full with mineral spirits or paint thinner and just shake. Repeat every few hours or days until the part is clean.
Nowhere near as fast, but a lot easier and a lot less messy.
FWIW, at my local hardware stores, "paint thinner" seems to be cheaper than "mineral spirits".
dont do this with any part that has grease that is a pain to get to like casettes or freewheels as this wicks the grease out and its a pain to put back in.learned this the hard way.
+1 on the lighter fluid or Naptha. stuff works wonders!