Orrin Iseminger wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:29:42 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:
That's interesting. Did you use one of the standard, weak alkaline
solutions?

I use washing soda with a little lye thrown in to cut any grease or
paint that might be on the item.

Of the various solutions I've tried for electrocleaning, I've had the
best success with this one:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/_1999_retired_files/E-CLEAN.TXT

Ted