Pay someone to clean parts You are kidding aren't you??

The 'little' items like brackets and bolts get scraped and then a wire brush - either by hand or motorized. Valve covers get the scrape-Gunk-Dawn dishwash soap routine in the woods behind my house.

Playing with cars is supposed to be fun not a chore which means you have to be like a kid and get down and get dirty.

Yes, I do get blocks and heads hot tanked - but only after I do a complete strip down including pulling any threaded and core plugs along with cam bearings in blocks.

(dang kids......)