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<p>[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 4018307, member: 22"]They are dipped into a caustic soda tank, this was quite common in the 80's.</p><p><br /></p><p>It gets rid of all the paint and original patina, however after a few months the whole thing starts to fall apart as the soda dissolves all the original glues and fixings.</p><p>Its best if they are hand stripped with a blade and a paint stripper for the difficult bits.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best in the UK was Nitromors however the glorious EU banned the main ingredient that actually strips the paint.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 4018307, member: 22"]They are dipped into a caustic soda tank, this was quite common in the 80's. It gets rid of all the paint and original patina, however after a few months the whole thing starts to fall apart as the soda dissolves all the original glues and fixings. Its best if they are hand stripped with a blade and a paint stripper for the difficult bits. The best in the UK was Nitromors however the glorious EU banned the main ingredient that actually strips the paint.:arghh:[/QUOTE]
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