Zakko wrote:
On Sat 03 May 2008 12:43:55, George wrote:

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 May 2008 10:57:30 UTC, Zakko
wrote:

On Sat 03 May 2008 11:22:34, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
Zakko saying something like:

Is it alright to use washing soda (sodium bicarbonate) to
clean and degrease the emulsion paint on an interior wall
before repainting?
Thank **** you're not a baker.

Nope, I'm not a baker
That's a relief.
You don't get it, do you?

Do let him know...it'll stop him from raising his hopes that it
will work. ;-)


Or maybe washing/baking soda could work because sodium bicarbonate used
to be the major ingredient in early formulations of Sugar Soap.

I think trisodium phosphate was the norm circa 1970.