"Clot" wrote in message
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Pete Verdon wrote:
Dave wrote:
Pete Verdon wrote:
How else can I cleanly remove a thin film (far too thin to peel
off) of silicone from polished aluminium?

Find some springy flat steel that is about 15 thou thick and no more
[snip building of Special Tool]

Thanks, but it sounds an awful lot like the flexible knife blade I've
already been using. This takes off damn nearly all of it, but a tiny
amount still remains and on glass in sunlight it's quite visible (as a
dirty smear) and on polished aluminium it's also apparent.

when it;s just a smeer, i find i can rub it off with my fingers,
it's gotta be totally dry, but then just rub the silicone fairly hard, and
it tends to flake up and come off,