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Doug White
 
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Default Cleaning Fossilized Oil Off Paint?

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.

Thanks!

Doug White
 
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