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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2006, 10:16:32 pm »
Yep, WD-40 or keosene. I've used TB cleaner to get soot and pollution off of telegraph/phone glass insulators. Potent stuff!!
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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2006, 10:33:06 pm »
I have heard that soaking things in rubbing alcohol will take latex paint off yet not harm the enamel paint. I have taken a cotton ball to enamel paint and it does nothing to it. Might work also with tar substances. I also agree with Rogerz and Moondawg that if it is true porcelain, nothing should be that detrimental to it.
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2006, 10:35:55 pm »
On true porcelain I have used 000 steel wool and water to remover paint with no harm to the procelain...
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2006, 11:04:06 pm »
Quote (rogerz @ Feb. 25 2006,9:41)
WHY are you putting toilet bowl cleaner on your signs?

These signs are the same kind of porcelain that are on bathtubs and such, right?  A bottle broke and we threw it in the bathtub while we cleaned the rest of the mess up.  It etched the surface!
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2006, 08:05:12 am »
Thanks for all the ideas.  I'm going to try to get it cleaned today and will post a picture.  

Sno-bol will etch the old porcelain, too.  Someone used it to remove rust from an antique sink--not good.
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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2006, 09:14:37 am »
I second what aspbear says...
Let's see pics!
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« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2006, 10:44:40 am »
I'd try the least of the evil chemicals first. Which one is the most gentle?
WD-40? Then on down the line.

Show us the before and after pics so we can have some guidelines in
case any of us have a simular problem.
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« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2006, 11:41:15 am »
Here's a couple of "before" pictures.  I don't know when I'll find time to get it cleaned up.
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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2006, 12:19:11 pm »
Nice sign, It will clean up nicely. Looks like your getting a good collection of machines there. '<img'>
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« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2006, 12:29:53 pm »
keorsene.. I used it on my mustang when they repaved my road... didn't hurt the paint
won't hurt the porcelain....
Great sign!
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