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dodj
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Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 07:03:16 AM »
Is there a method out there to effectively clean up the white(ish) plastic of the washer bottle? Dish soap isn't getting it done.
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Scott
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Haddixj
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 08:39:52 AM »
I used muriatic acid with water to clean a really stained up one on my dads diesel ford but that plastic was only a few years old but it didn't seems to effect it.
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burdar
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 10:26:46 AM »
It's just the nature of that plastic to turn yellow. Nothing is going to get it looking new again. I had some nice used lisence plate nuts that were just a little yellow. I soaked them in bleach for a few days and nothing happened. THen I put them in some muriatic acid. When I took them out, the plastic had dried out and cracked.
I think new bottles are around $50. Not cheap but not extremely expensive either. I know it's hard to replace something that functions perfectly.
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Bullitt-
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 12:50:01 PM »
I had a '70 Duster bottle I sold a few years ago, best I can remember was I used CLR, a rust removal acid. Came out pretty good. My Challey's bottle was brittle & cracked, never tried to clean it.
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Jamiez
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 02:34:21 PM »
I never had any luck cleaning mine, yellowed plastic is pretty much unrecoverable.
Be careful removing the pump, I over torqued mine and snapped the threads off it, they are plastic and get brittle.
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Chryco Psycho
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 05:29:06 PM »
I worked on getting mine cleaned up & I put it aside for a while & while moving something it dropped to the floor & shattered . New is better in this case LOL
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dodj
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Re: Windshield washer bottle
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May 05, 2013 - 09:02:25 PM »
I have CLR on hand so I'll give that a try, but as CP, burdar and Jameiz are suggesting, I'm probably just gonna have to buy a repro. I'll be at Mopars in the park in a few weeks, so if the CLR doesn't work, someone will be willing to take my money for a new one.
Thanks for the replies guys.
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Scott
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