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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4019803, member: 36"]For small bits, the recommended method is getting hold of an old crock pot/slow cooker. They may be a mostly American phenomenon. Throw the nonferrous (i.e. subject to rust) bits into the crock, add plain old water, and let cook on "low" overnight. Next day? Paint comes right off. Don't do this with one you ever want to use for food again of course. Old house restorers get junky ones or used from thrift stores/jumbles/car boots. </p><p><br /></p><p>A window wouldn't fit alas, but it'll clean up old screws and door plates quite nicely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4019803, member: 36"]For small bits, the recommended method is getting hold of an old crock pot/slow cooker. They may be a mostly American phenomenon. Throw the nonferrous (i.e. subject to rust) bits into the crock, add plain old water, and let cook on "low" overnight. Next day? Paint comes right off. Don't do this with one you ever want to use for food again of course. Old house restorers get junky ones or used from thrift stores/jumbles/car boots. A window wouldn't fit alas, but it'll clean up old screws and door plates quite nicely.[/QUOTE]
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