Mr Clean Magic Eraser - cleaning your systainers

[dpetrzelka]

Yes, I'm that guy who spent an afternoon cleaning tools. We had just done a bunch of fiberglass and putty sanding with the RO90, ETS150, and some fiberglass cutting with the Carvex. All of the tools needed to be blown out (with respirator on) and wiped down - to top it off I wanted to clean up the systainers.

They had resin, paint splatters and various marks from use in and out of the shop.

I can now vouch for the use of Mr Clean original Magic Erasers for cleaning systainers - they removed almost every mark. I had the best results using them dry - despite the instruction saying that the sponges are water activated. Just the lightest brush with the dry Magic Eraser took most marks off, some worked better wet with a little more pressure.

I would use caution on older yellowed systainers, as I believe these remove a very little surface material as part of the cleaning action. On newer systainers I see no evidence of having cleaned any of the marks off.

Your milage may vary.

 

[grbmds]

No residual scratching?

 

[dpetrzelka]

no marks that I see. These are a very very fine abrasive - nothing like scotch brite or the like.

 

[Thunderchyld]

I just called my buddy the boatbuilder because I knew he had an answer.  Magic Erasers are approximately 3000 grit, but excel at cleaning because of the micro structure caused by the foam.  The little filaments are flexible because they are so small, but when they break, it's those broken ends that do the work.  Hence, why the eraser wears away, once it stops breaking, it stops cleaning.

 

[grbmds]

Nevertheless, it does put fine scratches on some plastic surfaces.  It is still an abrasive, even if it is extremely fine. I would imagine the Festool surface is just harder  and, therefore, doesn't scratch as easily.

 

[rljatl]

I've used those on two classic systainers with good results, but SoftScrub with bleach is better when they turn yellow.