The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
NO SMALL JOB TO
WASH CAR RIGHT
Gears and Housings Offer
Problem That Requires
Special Treatment
NEW PLAN USED HERE
W. G.. Bottom lnvents Method
for Getting Rid Of Grease
in Hard Places

Tho outside Of an automobile is
uy no means NJ" only part OF II that
should be- washed. any NOR" than thr
well known cup ~ Hutiqultv hou'Nc
grt ~ wash ON inside and outside
and according to " g. Bottom ~
Bottom Brothers Motor COMPANY the
inside ia whole lot more important
than tho outside. Rs most people
would consider tho inside of th"
proNerbiai Gun Of moro importance
than the outside Hy the inside uf
Tho car Mr. Bottom has reference To-
ihc internal workings as vrll uH
whore ono sits he means the whole
business IN fact
And there are some real problems
FOO solve in tho washing business
~ course all tho world knows that
wire wheels Hrc almost impossible 20
,loan, that lt he pretty hard to get
tho inside of the car the rushiuuH
inside of the top ana the floor mats
and all the lltilo corners cleaned
correctly. and the under parts Of the
car never viii bear close cXamiua
lion MoN car o.uori have lust do
oided TO mako the best out OF bad
proposition In the case OF springs
9Ylo housing, dfforontial housing
and all the brake pnraphernaliA that
Is under the car and In hard TO get
At and never IL washed.
Machinery Hard To Clean.
but roai washing problem Ia 60
bc found In tho machinery OF n car.
Taking the crank case for axample
here In tho proposition. The motor
has been running for weeks and
probably months and all tho alton
tion II ever got was about quart
nf oil every time YOU got 10 or -
gallons NJ gasoline. Now there are
millions and millions OF little steel
particles that have come from tho
wearing surfaces These little parti-
cles are not very well held In aus-
pension In the oil. but stick TO walls
and other surfaces.
Formerly n crank case was washed /
out with kerosene. II In now known |
that kcroacne IL tho worst stuff that /
can he INTRODUCED to machinery. II .
cuts tho oil film Off moving surface |
and ioaves worn particles behind /
A bearing may be burnt out before
fresh oil can reach Il after Kerosene
has done It's work. Careful me-
chanics have been washing automo-
bile crank cases and gears out with
oil. This In much better but is eN
pensive to say the lcnHt II means
that gallons OF new oil have TO be
run on the ground
Uses Soap With steam.
For this work as well as for wash
ing all the oily and greasy surfaces /
Of a car Mr.. Bottom has invented n /
way to make use of steam. At his |
garage. 400 Fast Fifteenth street. he |
has installed an extensive steam /
plant for tho exclusive use OF his car |
washing department. Every time hn /
fllls the crank case, gear box or
Al. l..
makes II perfectly clean by blowing
steam through u.
For cleaning surfaces that ar dirty
as well as oily Mr.. Bottom has in
vented way to use a neutral soap
solution In conjunction with steam,
This solution In preheatcd 80 that
what really does the work In soapy
steam, His steam conductor is "a
half inch pipe. Around this pipe
there is wound for n distance OF
about two foet n smaller copper tube.
This tube holds the SOAP solution,
The end Of the smaller tube comes
to the nozzle OF the steam pipe so
that the steam takes the vaporized
soap along with Il.
According 10 Mr. Bottom this
method Will take of dirt and oil SO
well that there is not enough left to
dirty a handkerchief. He uses the
soap and steam on all parts OF car
that are dirty and greasy. II will not
spoil the most delicate surface and Is
especially useful in cleaning the out
aide of the motor--hitherto n diff
cult job,
Air Pressure Helps Water.
For washing what may he termed
the non machinery parts of car,
that IN the parts that are commonly
washed. Mr., Bottom also has ad-
Nanced methods The principal foa-
turc OF his work IL the use OF COM
pressed air with water. For clean
ing the interior he uses air only,
The minute car IN on the rack
four Streams OF water play on tho
wheels, which soFens mud and
makes washing cas(r. Then instead
Of using strong current OF water
for taking the mud off he uses
serong current of Rir with Just
enough water to do the work In
this way no harm can be done to
the paint of a car,
Although all the apparatus ueCcs
sary for this work IN expensive. Mr.. |,
Bottom says II is "A splendid invest
ment. Not only Is he able To turn
out spotless car but he is able TO
do II in a very short time. ON a hct
he washed car in fifteen minutes
so that the man who had To pay the
bot was satisfied as well as the owner
. Ia. Il