[GreenKeys] "Patina" aka Greasy grunge

[Joe Duszyński]

If anyone is looking for a specific air freshener product :
Citrus Magic air freshener works really well to clean off gunk. Even though
it is "all natural" the chemical makeup is similar to
"Orange based" turpentine and just as flammable.

Goo B Gone is similar to Citrus Magic without the spray and also has the
same pleasant orange smell.
Then you have White Spirits/Mineral Spirits all less harsh on painted and
plastic compared to Acetone...
I went all Nuclear with the acetone because there was no Paint or Plastic
*that I cared about"
The spacebar on the machine is bakelite so acetone wasn't gonna affect it,
and the front bar I was repainting anyway.
I usually start with alcohol then white spirits or enamel reducer then if
those aren't doing the trick I'l go with Lacquer Thinner or Acetone.
In this case I just went nuclear and broke out the acetone.



On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 11:12 AM Jones, Douglas W <douglas-w-jones at uiowa.edu>
wrote:

> From:  Joe Duszyński [joeduszynski1 at gmail.com] -- Sunday, July 31, 2022
> 1:37 AM
>
> > I started out with alcohol but it just wasn't cutting it then switched
> to Acetone as there was not any plastic on this machine to worry about and
> took that layer of crud off like magic.
>
> My wife is a stamp collector, and she's discovered a useful solvent for
> removing the gum from self-adhesive stamps that also removes many other
> annoying things that are otherwise hard to remove.
>
> Air freshener.  Specifically, spray cans of all-natural citrus air
> freshener.  It's more effective than alcohol, and less likely to attack
> plastic or paint than goo gone or acetone.  Of course, as with any
> solvents, always test on an inconspicuous place before going at cleaning a
> visible place, because it does attack some finishes.  We've had success
> with it for removing adhesives left behind after peeling off old labels or
> tape.
>
>            Doug Jones
>            jones at cs.uiowa.edu
>
>
>
>
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