I have seen discussions on eds red cleaner for years and always meant to try it out. I found myself at the big box store today and actually remembered to pick up the ingredients that I was missing. I mixed it without the lanolin as I am more interested in cutting crud than preservation on this project. I have a very crusty hendey lathe that I thought would be a perfect test for the cleaner. I only had a few minutes to mess around with it but I am impressed. I wiped some on the greasy cover on the back end of the machine and it just melted the grime. I'm looking forward to giving it a more in depth test. Pretty easy to mix: equal parts kerosene, mineral spirits, acetone, and dextron. I'll follow up when I have time for some serious cleaning.