Making cloth easier to remove later.

[Earl Weiss]

Another thread asked for suggestions to make cloth easier to remove.

Bottom row on wraps seems to be biggest headache. Seems this is where the grit accumulates perhaps running down from above.

Have had to use a 4.5" grinder with cutting wheel and run it down the slot to cut the plastic.

So, I was thinking 0f spraying slot with WD 40 or applying Petroleum jelly to the plastic might make removal easier a couple years down the road.

Any one have great ideas or better yet something that seems to have worked?

 

[Washmee]

Stop buying cloth that attaches to the C-channel with plastic rods sewn into the cloth. I always buy cloth with the external plastic clip attached to the cloth. Slides in and out with ease.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Stop buying cloth that attaches to the C-channel with plastic rods sewn into the cloth. I always buy cloth with the external plastic clip attached to the cloth. Slides in and out with ease.

Made that switch about 20 years ago. Still having issues. As I said, Typicaly bottom row of Wrap.

 

[Washmee]

My bad Earl. From the other thread I got the impression you used the Sewn in rod style. What about using a heavy grease of some kind? Something that would not wash off with cold water but would melt away with really hot water or a solvent of some type. Maybe Cosmoline?

Cosmoline that is fairly fresh, or that has been hermetically sealed in a plastic bag or shrinkwrap, remains a grease-like viscous fluid, and mostly wipes off with a rag, leaving only a thin film behind. Cosmoline that is older and has had air exposure usually solidifies after a few years, as the volatile hydrocarbon fraction evaporates and leaves behind only the waxy hydrocarbon fraction. The solid wax does not readily wipe off. It can be scraped off, although the scraping is laborious and leaves crumbs to be swept or vacuumed away. A useful method of cleaning a tool of crusted cosmoline is to allow a penetrating oil (such as WD-40, CRC 5-56, CLP, or equivalent) to soak into it for several minutes or hours, which typically restores it to a viscous-fluid state, allowing it to be wiped off. An additional method of cosmoline removal on new parts is to use a closed-cabinet parts washer that utilizes the power wash process. Removal of cosmoline with an aqueous parts washer requires high heat, the proper aqueous detergent and the correct hydraulic impact pressure

 

[JMMUSTANG]

Earl I use PB Blaster around the wash.
It works A Lot better than WD 40 or anything else that is similiar.
I get it from Crest Industries. It works great.

http://www.crestmidwest.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=CRZ16PB&catlist=1550