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A friend of mine has used Simple Green as it cleans great but will etch alum if on too long. I would try it on one part as see how it does. I smiled seeing the dish washer as I used it to remove glass bead ‘dust’ from piston ring grooves before assembly. No, I did not glass bead the ring grooves. I used to buy TRW blanks no rings grooves back in the 60’S &70’S and fit the domes to the chambers, cut the ring grooves, drill the gas ports and then glass bead the domes. Glass beading the ring grooves is one of the worst things to do to you piston if being reused. Why? Because the ring will never reseal to the glass beaded finish and you know own what is know as a LEAKER. Glass beading build up static electric very small charge but that dust in the rings grooves it will not just rinse out. Use a back light to light up the groove and 5x or 10x eye piece you’ll see dust in there not fun.
Mike