Parts washer cleaning fluid?

Mineral Spirits

Has anyone here used PSC1000 and diesel fuel and could tell me which they liked better?

I use the PSC1000 (from Tractor Supply) and have been pretty pleased with it. I thought I'd be cleaning out the parts washer and putting in fresh solvent, but it keeps going and going.... I have bought the next 5 gallons, and added a little bit to bring up the level in the tub. Very seldom use the pump, just brushes and soaking stuff. My (imperfect) understanding is that the primary ingredient is mineral spirits.

We have a plastic garbage can filled with I believe its called  zep ( its purple available at Lowes in 5 gal) get about 10 gal at a time and add a little water put it in over night and rinse off in the morning works great.

TMRoper wrote: We have a plastic garbage can filled with I believe its called  zep ( its purple available at Lowes in 5 gal) get about 10 gal at a time and add a little water put it in over night and rinse off in the morning works great.

Bruce W wrote: TMRoper wrote: We have a plastic garbage can filled with I believe its called  zep ( its purple available at Lowes in 5 gal) get about 10 gal at a time and add a little water put it in over night and rinse off in the morning works great.   I’ve been interested in the water-based cleaners for a while now and would like to hear what folks are using and how well it works. I bought a stainless steel parts washer at an auction that’s made specifically for those solutions. It even has a heater for the solution. I’d like to fill it up and try it out but I don’t want to spend a lot of money on a trial-and-error process to find a good solution.  BW

I use Kerosene in my parts washer as well. Works great... although it is flammable so one has to be very careful to keep it away from ignition sources. In addition, I have a 25 micron bag filter in the drain to catch the large particles and a 10 micron canister filter inline with the output to further filter what is coming out the nozzle. 

I have been using kerosene in my HF bench top parts washer for a bunch of years.  It works OK but as much as I try to not get any on me (long gloves, rubber apron, ect,) I always end up with little splashes on me and I bring the stink into the house.  After washing parts for a couple hours I go nose blind to the smell but my wife lets me know!  Also the kerosene always leaves an oily film that doesn't evaporate that I have to clean off before painting.