Sun, Sep 18, 2005, 10:21pm (EDT-1) snipped-for-privacy@nospam.comcast.dot.net (Patriarch) who asketh:
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Only as information. Soda blasting is way too complicated (read expensive) for hobby/small-time use. Anyway, it's my oldest kid who's doing the sand blasting. If I needed any rust removal, I'd probably just get some of the rust conversion stuff, they you spray, or brush on. If I needed any paint removed, I'd just get some type of paint stripper.
Speaking of a paint stripper. I've been doing more googling. As strange as it may seem, one of the "safer" paint strippers is lye. Washing soda (sodium carbonate) is safer than lye, altho not without it's own hazards. I checked the grocery store today, and they didn't have anything labeled as washing soda. I check a Arm & Hammer soap box, and it did list sodium carbonate as a major ingredient. I would have gotten a box, and tried it out, but I wasn't certain, then, what socium carbonate is. I'm not sure if it would work, but may get a box, and try it. If it doesn't strip paint, I can still use it to wash clothes. Waste not, want not.
I've also been checking google about TSP (trisodium phosphate) and it's paint stripping ability - which seems to be zero. Which is slightly strange, as I've heard about using it for paint stripping, for years.
I had planned on stopping by Ace, and/or, the local Sherman Williams paint store, to see what they've got in the way of paint strippers. But, got involved in a couple of more essential errands, and forgot. Maybe tomorrow.
JOAT If it ain't broke - fix it 'til it is.
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