Doug White wrote:
I'm trying to clean up an old DiAcro shear, which is painted in a green &
pale cream/yellow. There's quite a bit of staining from where oil ran
onto the paint, and then hardened up over decades. I know I have some
solvents that will take the oil "varnish" off of steel, but I don't want
to attack the paint.

Anyone have any favorite cleaners for this sort of stuff? I'm guessing
the paint is a baked enamel and is reasonably tough.

I like Hoppe's No. 9 nitro solvent for this job. Buy it where they sell hunting
licenses, it's a gun thing.

GWE