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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:47:45 -0600
From: Barry Gardner <barrygardner@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead Solvent or Cleaner
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Ed,

Lye is sodium hydroxide and the closest place to buy it is your hardware 
or grocery store: Drano.

Barry Gardner
Wheaton, IL

Ed Anderson wrote:

> Boy, that might do the job, Ok.  I remember mother used to make Lye 
> soap with Hog fat - that would take paint off cars, skin off people, 
> etc.  Just might do the job.  Use to be able to get it a plumbing 
> stores - but, doubt they carry it anymore - too corrosive.
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark R Steitle" 
> <mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 2:24 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead Solvent or Cleaner
>
>
> Ed,
> I've been trying to remember what my dad told me they used to use to
> clean their spark plugs.  Finally, I remembered... it was lye.  I never
> tried it myself, but it could be worth a try.  Don't know where to go to
> buy it though.
>
> Mark s.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of rijakits
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:29 PM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead Solvent or Cleaner
>
> Hey Ed,
>
> I like the Coke idea!!
> There is a list out there with "1001 uses for Coke!", the last is " You
> also
> can trink it!!" :))
>
> Googling around on "Acetone lead remover", I found this:
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> Lead Removal
>
> For really stubborn lead removal try a 50/50 mix of  3% Hydrogen
> Peroxide
> (the common drug store variety) and white vinegar.  Plug the bore, fill
> it
> up using a dropper or syringe and let it stand for 5-10 minutes.  (Do
> not
> let it stand for too long.) You may get some foaming so protect the
> barrel's
> external finish as this solution is not kind to bluing--so take
> appropriate
> precautions. Drain and wipe out the black muck that used to be lead and
> then
> immediately clean well with bore cleaner.
>
> Thanks to Joe Sledge for this recipe.
>
> Pure turpentine has reportedly also been used as a lead remover.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> You will find this in http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm#top
>
>
>
> Also, as Acetone is the prime solvent in lots of paint
> removers/cleaners/etc. you might want to experiment with Acetone.
>
> I think someone in our hangar mentioned a mix of Acetone and Hydrogen
> Peroxide, but I am not sure wether this possible/makes any sense/is
> hear-say/or what - don't blow up your new hangar trying
> plug-cleaner-witchcraft!!
>
> Thomas J.
>
>
>
> PS: I apolgize if this is/was old news - I am about 80 messages behind!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" 
> <echristley@nc.rr.com>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:49 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead Solvent or Cleaner
>
>
>> Ed Anderson wrote:
>>
>> > I suspect that most of these products may be cleaners rather than
>> > solvents despite what they are called.  Anyone really know?
>>
>> I have no idea about the cleaners vs solvents (how does it clean it if
>> it doesn't dissolve it?), but I've been thinking.  The electrodes
>
> should
>
>> be made of a fairly corrosive resistent material.  Couldn't they
>> withstand a short bath in a mild acid...maybe a little vinegar or a
>
> warm
>
>> Coke?  The burnt lead should react quickly.
>>
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