Thread: Dishwasher in the garage.

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I was cruising the craigslist adds today and started thinking of all the dishwashers folks are always giving away, then i came up with the idea of throwing one in the garage for a parts washer. It would be a fairly simple hook up, then the wife would not get mad for using the one in the house! Has anyone ever done this? Or thought about this?

Not a bad idea, what would you use in the dishwasher to remove the oil/grease off the parts? I know there are water-soluble cleaners, we have those in our shop parts cleaners, but how would you plumb that into the dishwasher water?

sure i wash a set of je pistons in my moms it work great and better then buying a $10000 snap off jet washer i know that

a self cleaning oven would be good too. They clean at about 900F that would bake most carbon off greasy parts

Not to dampen the great idea but the grease will settle in the plumbing . Don't know if that would be a good trade for clean parts . I just use cardboard and pitch it .

AAhh wait i see a self contained unit with a supply tank great idea.

The thing i was worried about is, where would you run the drain if one was to use a degreaser in it? It would work ok if you just ran water and soap, then you could run it anywhere, but dumping degreaser could cause some trouble. Unless you could do a recirculating system, where it just reused the degreaser, but then the supply would most likely have to be under pressure.

well fried food and there is alot up grease in meat so your dish soap will break down it some guy use dish washer soap in there jet washer it cheaper and works good even before i run any thing thru my jet wash or hot tank. i scrap clean a good part of the junk off before it go for a bath

Originally Posted by hotroddaddy

The thing i was worried about is, where would you run the drain if one was to use a degreaser in it? It would work ok if you just ran water and soap, then you could run it anywhere, but dumping degreaser could cause some trouble. Unless you could do a recirculating system, where it just reused the degreaser, but then the supply would most likely have to be under pressure.

seems like a HF dirty water pump would do the trick.. you could use a couple tanks, ( 1 on top of eachother ) a oil filter relocation kit to filter big crap.. connect the tanks with it, make sure both are full of your cleaning soloution when you start.. pump the fluid into the dishwasher, then dump the discharge in the top tank..

Good idea matt. I think i`ll start thinking up some plans off that. Then ill start planning my blast cabinet out of an old freezer.

I got it! i could use an old water heater for the tank.

the soap will emulsify the grease you can build a tank you will not need a filter just trap and a oil skimmer if you want

I have washed a few parts in my dishwasher after reading this thread.


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That`s funny! How long did it take to get out of the dog house?

Originally Posted by hotroddaddy

That`s funny! How long did it take to get out of the dog house?

I don,t know it wasn,t me.But after reading it,I have tried a few thinks.I had some Y block valve covers and valley pan that I cleaned that way.I did wash them off the best I could first(they where not dripping with grease).They came out just like they had been steam cleaned.All ready for paint.

I tried to take my dishwasher out to the shop but she kept running back in the house!