On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:17:21 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:59:43 +0000, Stephen Howard wrote:

Nitromors will be fine as long as you don't leave it on for any
significant period of time ( i.e. overnight ). It won't do any damage
as such, but it might discolour the metal slightly.

It also won't do any good: you have to catch Nitromors at the right point
or the paint hardens again and won't come off. You could use caustic (e.g.
Ronstrip) which strips more the longer it's left (up to a point)

True, you have to keep the stuff moist or you end up with a mess
that's almost as hard to remove as the paint.

Regards,



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