ok, i have an edelbrock intake manifold that was painted black and i stripped the paint off...underneath it seems to has stains and a bit of grease etc...is there anything i can use to clean it up or maybe will a machine shop have something that will clean it up like some kind of liquid/acid or whatever, sand blaster...n e thing?

 

Try brake cleaner.

 

^^^ that always works

 

wy didnt i think of that? always overlooking the simplest of solutions...ha...if it doesnt work what else?

 

simple green, that purple spray shit....um, see if you can scrub it, like a soft metal brush or hard, doesn't matter, but try brake clean & if not, simple green (let it sit)

 

I'm sure gas would take off anything that's on there too.

 

Take it to a garage and see if they have a parts steamer.

 

those two are options as well

 

to a garage? well, the parts cleaner didnt do a thing...i ended up using sandpaper and acetone and it seemed to cleaned it up a little bit but its pretty damn near impossible to do the small areas so that wont do.....

 

lol...damn. tried a wire brush? i guess you could take it to a shop & have them clean it