A friend of mine is giving me asmall chest freezer that is plastic inside and I was woundering if I can use it as a parts washer? If so what kind of pump should I buy?
Thanks,
Bob

 

If there are any seams I would not count on it being leak tight. Some solvents may eat the plastic. Many solvents (even the vapors) will certainly eat the foam insulation causing it to make a huge mess on the floor etc.

 

I made a parts washer out of an old aluminum cooking pot I was going to throw away, a metal kitchen sink drain/trap/skimmer, a large 5 gallon home depot paint pail, and an old sump pump I deinstalled from the basement because the float didn't work any longer and I couldn't find a replacement at the time.

The pump fed a piece of solvent-capable hose I bought at the hardware store, and an old metal hose sprayer I found in the shed, and together that mish-mosh of junk make a halfway decent parts washer.

The pot was just large enough that I could stand on end, a pair of 460 heads if I faced the valves of each head towards each other. The pail held just enough cleaner to submerge the two heads about 90% of the way, so after soaking them over night I simply flipped them onto the other end to soak what was still dry.

Worked pretty good for junk I was going to throw away. I ended up giving it to a friend who admired it constantly because I needed room for the large floorstanding lathe I purchased a year later.