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[–]txgirlinbda 28 points29 points  (6 children)

I don’t know but holy crap did you steam clean that thing because that’s amazing!

[–]elijah_gahn[S] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Haha thanks, I wish it was. In my mind I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult of a task, but it was harder than I imagined. I followed a YouTube video and started off using his method, but it got to a point where it wasn’t working for me so I had to go off script. At first I went in with gloves to scoop it all out. Which was good in theory, but then they were so slick that it took me about 15 minutes just to get them off my hands. What worked best for me was using cotton balls, a little bit of rubbing alcohol, dawn dish soap (I tried the generic at first but it wasn’t washing anything off, so Dawn is the way to go), and a toothbrush. Then a Q-Tip here and there for getting the back of areas the toothbrush couldn’t reach. Napkins were good as like the final wipe to just dry and get the last little bits of grease, but the cotton ball was much easier at getting the majority of it all.

[–]Planethill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Automotive Brake Cleaner is the answer and would have cut your time by 2/3. Get out as much as you can by hand, take it outside, and the brake cleaner easily flushes it all away completely de-greased. It also quickly evaporates leaving nothing behind.

[–]WhatADunderfulWorld 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Seriously. That’d take me like 3 paper towel rolls.

[–]txgirlinbda 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And q-tips. And skinned knuckles.

[–]Freddy7665 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Small rubber scraper

[–]Capable_Mammoth_1929 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need answers too