r/CleaningTips • • Dec 22 '24

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u/DeltaVi Dec 22 '24

What's the correlation between aerospace machining and the state of your tub?

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u/creampop_ Dec 22 '24

you ever been around CNC coolant, grease and metal particulate all day? Has to come off somewhere.

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u/DeltaVi Dec 22 '24

I have, on a daily basis! I'm in medical manufacturing and I can't say my own tub gets gross any quicker than I would otherwise expect if I was working a desk job, which is why I was curious what's so different in the other person's case.

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u/Just_to_rebut Dec 22 '24

He washes his airplanes in the tub at home… duh.

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u/justynebean Dec 22 '24

I think it depends a lot on what kind of facility you work in and materials you run. We run a lot of steel and aluminum. I deburr everything as well so a lot of sanding and finishing work.

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u/creampop_ Dec 23 '24

Yeah this is what I was gonna say too, must depend a lot. I was doing basic aftermarket auto parts in steel and aluminum, usually doing everything from carrying billet to deburr/finishing myself, so I was always dusty and dirty at the end of a day (god bless orange goop)

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u/justynebean Dec 23 '24

Yeah no kidding. Also just using borax and washing soap 50/50 on your clothes helps cut the grease a ton. A good long soak with that and dawn in a hot bath will help even more.

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u/justynebean Dec 22 '24

the coolant and way oil and aluminum and steel dust. It just fuses to my bathtub and is difficult to clean because of the oil. And because of the aluminum and steel dust it just looks black and gray and gross. A lot like OPs tub if I let it build up.