a little Brake Cleaner price point comparison

[Gregski]

see what you've made me do in the name of Science

[Steeveedee]

We used to use the hot tank to degrease brake parts, especially relatively good brake shoes that had gear oil from a leaking rear wheel bearing seal. I'd think that Purple Power (which, I think, is lye-based) would also clean the parts. I only ever used brake fluid to clean the insides of wheel cylinders while reaming during a rebuild. I guess times change.

[CG]

Originally Posted by Gregski

see what you've made me do in the name of Science

Nice job ... Lowes next? For science.

[Gregski]

so two Fun Facts about O'Really's !

1. they no longer sell the CRC Red can stuff here in California

B. have you all ever seen that PRO SERIES big can stuff ???

[mongocanfly]

Did you price the oreillys by the case?
That's the one I use

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Did you price the oreillys by the case?
That's the one I use

no sir I thought about it, but the only two pimple faced youths behind the counter were in a deep iSomething conversation and I didn't want to interrupt them being a customer and all

[Axle]

Never seen a 1lb4oz can of brake cleaner before. But man, they must be banking on people not working out the price since it costs more per unit than the smaller can.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Axle

Never seen a 1lb4oz can of brake cleaner before. But man, they must be banking on people not working out the price since it costs more per unit than the smaller can.

great point reminds me of Marketing class where we learned about studies done on the buy one balloon for $1.50 or three for $5.00 bucks type of thing and how people kept buying them in batches of three, it's a psychology thing I think or something like that

[Steeveedee]

^ The word you're looking for is innumerate- a lack of number sense. All one has to be is "po" (so poor one can't afford the other two letters) to work at figuring out which option is cheaper.

[truckster]

I went to Walmart yesterday. The Super Tech brake cleaner was the same price as the CRC. For the same money, I'll buy CRC.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by truckster

I went to Walmart yesterday. The Super Tech brake cleaner was the same price as the CRC. For the same money, I'll buy CRC.

Interesting, was it a red or a green can of CRC or do you even know what I am shpreking of outside of California, lol ?

[richard2717]

Originally Posted by CG

Im not positive on that one. The store here in Monroe was built as a Lowes not another store that Lowes bought out and redid. Meaning that all actual Lowes stores should have pretty much the same layout.

In our Lowes its Aisle 17. Same Aisle as the nail gun and nail gun supplies. It also has all the trailer hitch stuff, ramps, oil drain, funnels, jacks ... you get the idea lol. I recommend checking them out, you might be surprised.

Like also mentioned ... shop rags, towels, spray paints, thinners etc. Thats all over on 2-4. Again thats if it was always a Lowes.

Now I went to the Lowes while in Maui once just to check it out. Not laid out the same. You might want to check that one out too ... worth the visit haha.

CG
our store in Salisbury MD is set up like yours Isle 17

.

[truckster]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Interesting, was it a red or a green can of CRC or do you even know what I am shpreking of outside of California, lol ?

They have both.

[Gregski]

so the research continues with AutoZone

note the lonely last can of the good ol' three dollar AutoZone brand, which now by the way costs upwards of $5.00 bucks

the Shop Pro blue cans claim to be it's replacement, I have yet to use one of these, have any of youz?

[MJN]

FWIW- I throw a few cans in my order whenever I order oil since I'm already getting an order shipped to me but AMSOIL Brake Cleaner is $6.99 per 19oz. can ($5.19 if you have your Preferred Customer subscription) or $6.81 per can ($4.88 as a PC) if you buy a 12-can case of it.
https://www.amsoil.com/p/brake-and-parts-cleaner-bpcsc/

But not available in Canada, California or New Jersey

[CG]

Originally Posted by richard2717

CG
our store in Salisbury MD is set up like yours Isle 17

.

Thank you for the confirmation my friend!

[Gregski]

well looks like Ace is definitely NOT the place, lol

[mongocanfly]

Had to make a parts run to oreillys today.. while there, I picked up a case of brake cleaner..
Heres what I referred to earlier..
Reg price is $3.99
Case price is $2.99
..used to be about half that cost per case..

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Had to make a parts run to oreillys today.. while there, I picked up a case of brake cleaner..
Heres what I referred to earlier..
Reg price is $3.99
Case price is $2.99
..used to be about half that cost per case..

thanks Greg, that's AWESOME

[Gregski]

the only reason I am including AMAZON is because it seems to be the only way for us Californians to still get the forbidden $4.47 red can

I have seen in the past where Amazon will let you place the order, pay for it, then they will send you a nice little message, hey we've cancelled your order and you got a refund cause we can't ship to California, so I tested that with this order and they actually delivered it

[mongocanfly]

how dare you smuggle in forbidden products..!!!!..see what youve gone and done..?..they set it by your door and it killed your plants..!!...haha

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

how dare you smuggle in forbidden products..!!!!..see what youve gone and done..?..they set it by your door and it killed your plants..!!...haha

LOL, no they set it on the plant, ha ha, it drives my wife mad !!!

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Gregski

the only reason I am including AMAZON is because it seems to be the only way for us Californians to still get the forbidden $4.47 red can

I have seen in the past where Amazon will let you place the order, pay for it, then they will send you a nice little message, hey we've cancelled your order and you got a refund cause we can't ship to California, so I tested that with this order and they actually delivered it

Ooh, you gonna make some phosgene gas?? That was a real eye-opener for me when I read LockDoc's post about that.

[truckster]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Had to make a parts run to oreillys today.. while there, I picked up a case of brake cleaner..
Heres what I referred to earlier..
Reg price is $3.99
Case price is $2.99
..used to be about half that cost per case..

I was just at O'Reilly's. They said the case price is for commercial accounts only.

[mongocanfly]

I have no commercial account..so I dont know..
My hotrod buddy doesnt either and he gets it by the case now, instead of a few cans at a time, after I told him