Careful with that distilled water @Bigdaddy2166 I was told to use tap for the first fill and distilled after to top it off. their thinking is: you want some minerals in the water so its not imbalanced and then starts becoming aggressive towards the metals it contacts. as evaporation occurs the water leaves but the minerals don’t so thats when you replace with distilled. Hopefully it’s no big deal either way.
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From my experience it depends on the coolant, some have additives made to work with hard water and others do not. I think fusion specifies distilled.
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5% mix. 10 gal water to 1/2 gallons of 2240.
I used distilled water. Some one said that you should use regular water the first time.
And use distilled after that. Your call on that.
Our water here in Tenn is like mineral water, so that’s why I opted for distilled.
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I am also using FUSION 2240.
I didn’t use distilled water, but I am not having any problems.
Working great so far
This propbaly isnt useful unless you happen to live near a distributor but I use Techcool 35052 from Chemetall. Its like $25 a gallon in 5 gallon buckets and its what all the boeing shop around me use.
I have only ever tested 1 Blasser and 3 qualichem coolants on my machines but I like the chemetall one a lot more
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I have been running TRIM E850 for a bit over a month without any noticeable discoloration. It does leave a visible residue on the polycarbonate windows when it dries. I paid $55.84 before tax , with free s&h from msc. I initially ran it at 1:8 but added an additional gallon yesterday (raising the total charge to 10gallons). When the drain screens start to full up with chips, a significant amount of fluid builds up in the chip try and I was getting worried about coolant pump sucking up air.
I choose E850 because my main requirement was low toxicity if a spinll was ingested by a pet (a convicted floor licker) and this coolant had a lab report with a high LD50 when tested on rats. When I made the decision, I wasn’t aware of the extent to which the enclosure would leak coolant on the floor… In retrospect, it seems like a good decision to make toxicity when ingested a top concern.
As expected, the coolant smell is almost impossible to remove from clothing. Straight d-limonene mostly works but my washing machine still has an eye watering strong smell of d-limonene after 3 weeks… I’m sure it was also great for the seals in the machine…
Did you find Blazer? If not, try Cutting Tool Control 800-356-2416
No, I gave up trying to find it. Started using Fusion 2240 a couple of months ago and I love it. No aluminum etching and most importantly no maple syrup residue the next day. And its a quarter of the price of Swiss lube. I did find a company that sold it but, I couldn’t handle 55 gallons.
Oh well, I’m happy with Fusion 2240.
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How is the smell of the 2240?
It has a very faint smell. I highly recommend it.
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Alrighty i’ll try it - thanks!
Hello everyone,
How do you all flush your coolant systems? I just purchased a used MR-1 that already had Universal in it. Looking to swap to 2240, but I want to clean everything out first.
Thanks!
Water should do it. Flush out the lines with tap water and refill with 10% or so Fusion 2240. Some people use 15% but I use 10
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Great, thank you!
I really didn’t like the Amazon Fusion 2240 cutting fluid. I didn’t like the smell, how sticky it was, and most importantly it can burn when you get it on your skin. I used it for about two days before getting rid of it.
I went back to using GreenCut from LubeCorp (I was having a hard time finding a supplier which is why I tried Amazon Fusion 2240). It is environmentally and human friendly. It mixes 20:1 so it is much thinner and doesn’t seem to leave the sticky mess behind. You can get it at CuttingFluidsOnline
I have never had any of those problems. It is mixed correctly, not sticky, and it has never given me a burn. It doesn’t etch alum, either. I guess to each his own.
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