In a message dated 1/6/04 7:30:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
gjbranch@comcast.net writes:
> The "aircraft remover", and I am assuming that Frank is talking about paint
> remover....I have used is nothing more than methylene chloride, same stuff as
> Zip Strip. It destroys plastic...I might have the old lenses from my
> glasses to
> prove it....but I don't know about bakelite. As Frank says, try a spot...
>
> What about brake fluid? Seems to strip the paint everytime I've spilled it
> on
> the floor!
>
> Oh, and by the way, don't EVER, EVER get sucked into stripping an entire
> airplane.
>
Lye is also a known paint remover, but you have to be very careful to follow
the safety advice, llike rubber gloves, goggles, etc. The stuff is extremo
corrosive! Again, try a spot first. I'm not sure whether it is reactive with
plastic or not. I have used it on wood surfaces with success.
--DAvid C.
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