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Good stripper
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tomb
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Re: Good stripper
What is 1 part MEK... ??? Tom
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Henry
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Re: Good stripper
Probably that's Methyl Ethyl Ketone. I think I went to high school with her....tomb wrote:What is 1 part MEK... ??? Tom
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tomb
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Re: Good stripper
Thanks I have the acetone and may go out and buy the other ingredients to try it unless that stuff is now banned. I still can not get over not being to get kerosene in Calif yet all the big jets that fly over my house use it. Tom
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Henry
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Re: Good stripper
No Kero in CA? Can you get home heating oil? Same stuff, my furnace guy tells me; in fact, I've used kero and oil interchangeably in really cold weather, as I have an outside tank and kero doesn't congeal as readily as heating oil. Lots of homes heat with oil here in the n.e. U.S. Also, diesel fuel will work. But not, I think, jet engine fuel!
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CharliePhono
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Re: Good stripper
I've been getting my kero in plastic gallon jugs at the local True Value. Crazy expensive at around $11 per, but use it in my Aladdin lamps.
. . . and to think less than 10 years ago, when living in New England, I could go to just about any service station and fill my kero cans from a pump . . . at around $2.50/gallon.
. . . and to think less than 10 years ago, when living in New England, I could go to just about any service station and fill my kero cans from a pump . . . at around $2.50/gallon.
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gramophone-georg
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Re: Good stripper
Supposedly mineral oil thinned with coconut oil works well. I have yet to try it myself but seems quite plausible.
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
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fmblizz
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Re: Good stripper
If you can find it,,, I swear by ZipStrip,,,, semipaste actually hangs on vertical surfaces... Not really good for cold environment. For best results use in heated area or when the temperature is above 60deg..
Scrapes off easily with rubber squeegy then wash down with lacquer thinner..
Toxic fumes and flammable which is why it works so well.
Blizz
Scrapes off easily with rubber squeegy then wash down with lacquer thinner..
Toxic fumes and flammable which is why it works so well.
Blizz
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Herman
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Re: Good stripper
Lucky you.... I married herHenry wrote:Probably that's Methyl Ethyl Ketone. I think I went to high school with her....tomb wrote:What is 1 part MEK... ??? Tom