Stripping the Mordex

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The Old Buffer
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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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Have you polished it up with autosol or anything else?
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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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A definite improvement, :Thumb: I think painted ones will soon become vary scarce.

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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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The Old Buffer wrote:Have you polished it up with autosol or anything else?
No polish, simply stripped, washed, dried
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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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that turned out a bit of alright ,nice one loop :Thumb:
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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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I walked (well hobbled) round to Tesco tonight to get some Dettol and guess what, thats right they didnt have any :hairpull: :doh:
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Re: Stripping the Mordex

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I walked (well hobbled) round to Tesco tonight to get some Dettol and guess what, thats right they didnt have any
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