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Offline Northwoods

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Carborundum Valve Grinding Compound tin
« on: March 19, 2019, 09:31:52 AM »
I have one of these two-part tins with decades of grime.
What would be a successful way to clean it without destroying the graphics?

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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Carborundum Valve Grinding Compound tin
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2019, 09:55:01 AM »
I'd start with the most gentle soaps you've got.  It's been a while since I've used it, but Murphy's Oil Soap has come up in the past for cleaning greasy grimy gopher-guts kind of stuff.

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Re: Carborundum Valve Grinding Compound tin
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2019, 10:10:58 AM »
I've got Dawn.  It cleans oily waterfowl in the commercials.  Maybe....
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Re: Carborundum Valve Grinding Compound tin
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2019, 10:25:33 AM »
I'd avoid rubbing anything against the metal, going to be some residual lapping compound on the can.  Water down some dawn, spray it on rinse, repeat as needed.
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Re: Carborundum Valve Grinding Compound tin
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2019, 10:57:37 AM »
I'd avoid rubbing anything against the metal, going to be some residual lapping compound on the can.  Water down some dawn, spray it on rinse, repeat as needed.

Good thought.  The Indian heads on the two lids are beginning to appear.
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