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I agree!!The old guy sounds like me.
I think he is correct. If anyone can use a powerflush and chemicals to clean rads thoroughly, then respect to them.
I prefer to remove each one first and hose them out. Flushing a system that is full of water tends to not disturb the dirt in bottom of rads. (You wouldn’t try power hosing the bottom of a bucket if it was full of water)
Flushing an empty system still has the problem of water build up in each rad.
You can flush the pipes by doing each rad.
I think nobody could argue that removing 90% of the crud in a system first before adding chemicals would make the chemical more effective.
I see a lot of systems that have been powerflushed and the water appears clean. But there is still undisturbed crud in the bottom of the rads.
If you cleaned the rads individually as you say and then refill system dose with a chemical cleaner like F3, get it hot and drop it out, cut the pipes below floor (or at the lowest level),to completely empty it, I don't think you'd manage to clean it any better in all honesty.