On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:15:05 +0000, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
Grant Erwin wrote:

Peter Fairbrother wrote:

Is there an easy way to remove zinc and/or cadmium plating without affecting
the steel underneath?

Very easy. Go to the supermarket where they sell cleaners and find a can of
Red Devil lye.

Just checking, that is sodium hydroxide?

In the USA, yes, it is.

I'm in the UK and I don't think we
have that brand here (though we do have a "Red Devil" brand of small power
tools, vaccuum cleaners and the like).

Here, those are Dirt Devil, but yes they're red.