Reply To: best practice for cleaning mixture needle packing nut material

[Bob Wight]

Don wrote:

Very interesting topic indeed.  I oftentimes skip trying to pull out the old packing for fear of introducing debris into the mixing pocket, usually just add fresh packing over the old stuff…   Will definitely try Bob’s suggestion during my next hot ultrasonic cleaning though

A hot ultrasonic soak would likely be the best solution.  I don’t have an ultrasonic so my hot crock-pot method was my alternative!

Bob

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