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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5181686, member: 84179"][USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] makes an important point; there is no one size fits all method. What do you want to remove? How much do you want to remove? What's the composition of the stuff you want to remove? What do you think is under the stuff you want to remove? What dips and solvents do you have? For dips, do you want to use them at full strength or dilute them? How will they react with what you want to remove? How will they react with other surfaces? What do you need to do to rinse or neutralize the surface when finished. What are the risks if too aggressive with the method you choose? Then you need to hope you guessed correctly on all of those things and don't make a big, expensive mess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the SECRET SAUCE</p><p>You need to be at good at the right method that will work for the specific example and learning from your mistakes. A little chemistry background helps. Hope I didn't spread too much joy for you to handle <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It reminds me of fly fishing. All somebody needs to do is show me a book and tell me what equipment to buy and I'll be pulling those trout out the Montana streams with the best of 'em in no time. (Yeah, right).</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Went fly fishing one time with some very experienced people. Sucked at casting, sucked at keeping the right slack on my line, sucked at setting the hook (on the 1 really stupid fish that actually thought my presentation vaguely resembled something to eat), and got sunburned. It was really hard and I didn't even have to deal with choosing the right fly (but I did have a good time)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5181686, member: 84179"][USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] makes an important point; there is no one size fits all method. What do you want to remove? How much do you want to remove? What's the composition of the stuff you want to remove? What do you think is under the stuff you want to remove? What dips and solvents do you have? For dips, do you want to use them at full strength or dilute them? How will they react with what you want to remove? How will they react with other surfaces? What do you need to do to rinse or neutralize the surface when finished. What are the risks if too aggressive with the method you choose? Then you need to hope you guessed correctly on all of those things and don't make a big, expensive mess. Here's the SECRET SAUCE You need to be at good at the right method that will work for the specific example and learning from your mistakes. A little chemistry background helps. Hope I didn't spread too much joy for you to handle :facepalm: It reminds me of fly fishing. All somebody needs to do is show me a book and tell me what equipment to buy and I'll be pulling those trout out the Montana streams with the best of 'em in no time. (Yeah, right). Note: Went fly fishing one time with some very experienced people. Sucked at casting, sucked at keeping the right slack on my line, sucked at setting the hook (on the 1 really stupid fish that actually thought my presentation vaguely resembled something to eat), and got sunburned. It was really hard and I didn't even have to deal with choosing the right fly (but I did have a good time)[/QUOTE]
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