I know part cleaning has been discussed at length in various threads, but I am not finding what I hoped to.

I have stripped (unless the frame and groupset made sense as a whole) about.... 25 road bikes, all good quality bits (Campy, Shimano DA, 600, Ultegra, Ofmega, Mafac, ... you name it.)

I now have to clean them all up, and catalog them. and I am realizing that this is an enormously messy, disruptive (I don't have much space here, much less a true workshop) and time consuming process.

Does anyone have a streamlined system and suggested tools and materials?

Thus far I have:
- stripped, clipped and bagged all the bits.
- I have a small bucket of diesel, next to a small bucket of soapy water, and a bucket of clear water.
- rags for scrubbing and drying.
- extra fine steel wool.
- toothbrushes and dishwashing brushes.
- newspapers for drip drying

I generally have brushing the gunk wih diesel, scrubbing a bit (which seems to desolve but smear the grease around). I then dunk it in soapy water and basically rub the junk off the components.

It's not elegant but it seems to work OK.

does anyone have a better system?

Peter