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                        Removing old, tough, nasty paint

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Removing old, tough, nasty paint
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:43 PM


                        I have an old model with some God awful thick, nasty, red rust colored paint in a few spots. I have tried to remove it using paint and airbrush thinner. I won't budge the old paint.
                        Any suggestions on removing this old paint? I can't tell you what type of paint was used, only that it is some type of paint that I don't recognize, and it is nasty tough!
                        Thanks, Terry
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:02 PM
                        Try soaking it in Easy Off Oven cleaner (in a large sealable plastic bag or container)
                        Soak it overnight and use a toothbrush to scrub the paint off under the faucet.
                        Use gloves and breathing equipment.
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:03 PM
                        Castrol Super Clean. Wink [;)]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        cbreeze
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                          December 2003
                        Posted by cbreeze on Friday, February 11, 2005 7:20 PM
                        Even better than Castrol is lighter fluid on a q-tip. Just scrub away until it is clean, you will probably have to use a couple of q-tips depending on the amount of pain you want removed.

                        Chuck B.
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