Want to strip all the paint off your Speedia ? HERE'S HOW !

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Re: Want to strip all the paint off your Speedia ? HERE'S HO

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Welcome and thanks for the tip. But if you get any more pins for £2 ....please keep it to yourself, we're all jealous :Sarcasm:

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Oooooh nice I must try that on my manky Mordex . Welcome to the TFF
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The Detol was more expensive than the Speedia :hairpull:
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Welcome Lee. You didn't use to be in The Village People did you?
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Very good I will have to try that one , nice work

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I'd always understood..though never dared to try the idea out..that caustic soda dissolved aluminium severely...?

Welcome to the forum Lee.


I guess it depends on the concentration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7FmrOatEEA

This heat sink, probably from a zenner diode is thicker metal than a Speedia:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdRrZH3M5O0


Oh, and it's inflammable.....

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DAAAAAMN ! That was fearsome....I think there's hardly any caustic soda in Dettol, just enough to kill paint and irritate skin, the aluminium looks shiny and healthy

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I think I'd want to keep a bottle of vinegar handy while doing this.
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Really nice, indeed. Very nice. Welcome aboard. Waiting for more to come, Lee.
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News of your awesomeness has indeed travelled all the way to Sydney Australia. Well done mate!

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