Lou , I hadn’t thought of using it on stainless , and you’re right about the cast iron pots , it restores the colour where it’s been blackened .
Mike
The easiest way to clean a stainless steel sink is add warm water and some bleach. Leave it sit for an hour and rinse clean. Problem helps the drain trap as well.
My son and I were just chatting about strippers (as you do) and he reminded me that I had not warned about using oven cleaner on Aluminium .
Cheaply produced aluminium pits very rapidly with the application of foam oven cleaner . In fact , it’s the pits . Tee hee hee .
Aircraft grade also suffers , but only very lightly .
Seriously folks , ali and oven cleaner don’t mix .
Actually , most of the alis I know don’t mix with anyone . ISIS ? I Swim In Sh----.
Mike
Mike, that’s why I went to the auto parts store to get aircraft paint stripper when I needed to remove a coating from aluminum sheet. I wanted the aluminum to polish up real purdy, and it wont do that when its covered in pits.
David Maynard said:
Mike, that’s why I went to the auto parts store to get aircraft paint stripper when I needed to remove a coating from aluminum sheet. I wanted the aluminum to polish up real purdy, and it wont do that when its covered in pits.
Does that mean there is no obscure home remedy that will do exactly the same job and is much less expensive as well as more readily available? Such a pity!
PS Really such a pity, not so long ago we had a little discussion on how well one does when reading the mfgs warnings that are found on the product labels e.g. Heavy Duty Easy Off (Lemon Scented)
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do not use on exterior oven surfaces, aluminum, chrome, baked enamel.
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OTOH I have a few spare enamel painted diecast parts and since I really miss the small of Lemon Scented Easy Off I shall give that a whirl.
David , very sensible , you at least know it won’t cause damage .
The problem as I see it is that people who sneer at using home remedies are their own worst enemies who , confronted with a problem , refuse to step out of the disciplined environment of theory and ultimately make a rod for their own backs . In public , that is .
Privately they’ve probably got a ready stock of "tongue of newt and leg of frog , eye of spider and hair of dog " . And a cauldron . And a pointed hat .
But , those of us who will experiment and freely give of our experience are seen by the sneering perfectionists as idiots whose brains they can pick . As if we gave a shet .
Let us go forth----or even fifth----and spread the word that modelling is for enjoyment . Even for nitpickers who rarely make anything except snotty comments ; that is their enjoyment .
Mike
Mike, I had some aluminum flashing that I wanted to remove the clear coat from. Maybe I could have done some home brew something, but I wanted quick and easy. So a spray can of aircraft stripper wasn’t too much of an expense at the time.
We don’t even want to discuss my potions and what I mix them in. I do not have a pointed hat, but I am usually seen wearing my camo hat.
David Maynard said:
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We don’t even want to discuss my potions and what I mix them in. I do not have a pointed hat, but I am usually seen wearing my camo hat.
Sheesh David, I’m often wearing a RR hat and a hi-vis vest to be seen, I wouldn’t want a bear, moose, caribou or deer take me for a hunter and charge.
BTW using the Easy Off on alu roofing (GRR buildings) should result in the proper “roof as a sieve” look for derelict industrial buildings.
Hans, I wear a hickory stripe RR engineers hat and hickory stripe bib overalls sometimes when I play trains. so?