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Tim, when they cleaned the statue of liberty the media used was granular baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) supplied by Church & Dwight, the Arm & Hammer people.

I founded a soda-blasting business in Detroit, we were a contractor for the big three. The advantage of soda is it's completely non-agressive-- you can depaint with high pressure and not erode the substrate. Works on glass, etc. without scratching, but will take off industrial epoxy coatings.

If you could find someone in your area with a soda blaster, you could depaint the case without disassembling it, and then spray diluted vinegar over it- Remember that trick as a kid? Turns the bicarb into c02.

Why do people pick on the early cars?

p.s. nice to see OTTO on the board
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