[Farmall] Painted serial number plate

[Robert L. Holtzer]

I've used methylene chloride -based paint stripper.  It took off the paint 
but left the original black paint (albeit a bit faded) intact.  Wouldn't 
leave it on too long, however!

Bob Holtzer

At 02:35 PM 6/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Bus Driver wrote:
>>There will be better ways to do the paint removal, I am sure, and hopefully
>>they will be posted soon. Being careful to keep it off any other part of the
>>tractor, use brake fluid on the serial plate. Mask around the plate first,
>>maybe tape, maybe vaseline, but keep the brake fluid off the other paint.
>
>Warning:  do NOT use anything containing lye or acid.  That plate is 
>probably aluminum and will dissolve in anything acid or caustic, and you 
>will have nothin' underneath.  Brake fluid is a pretty good place to 
>start, dabbing a paper towel soaked in it onto the plate, and as above, 
>don't let the fluid get on anything you care about.
>
>Turtle
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