Re: [ATM] Stripping to re-figure?

[Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>]

I agree with Thomas. Definitely do NOT use any of the
caustic bases. They will Definitely mess up your glass
and cause you to have to re-polish and re-figure like
crazy.
Guy

--- Thomas Janstrom <tomjan@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Richard, Richard, Richard....
> 
> I'm in Australia and I can get those and more just
> for the asking, most
> sales clerks don't know what their selling anyway so
> to them it's just
> stuff to scan and get paid for....
> 
> I wouldn't use lye (NaOH) on a polished glass
> surface UNLESS you really
> want to re-figure it, as hydroxides will attack
> glass, just look at stem
> were that has had a few runs in a dishwasher, you
> start to get
> discolouration and white stains, which are actual
> etch marks in the
> glass....
> 
> Clear Skies, Thomas.
> www.tjanstrom.com
> www.norsewines.com.au 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Richard
> Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 8:11 AM
> To: Guy Brandenburg
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Stripping to re-figure?
> 
> Hi Guy,
> 
> Thursday, October 6, 2005, 10:49:05 PM, you wrote:
> 
> GB> The chemical stripping is actually very easy and
> very fast.
> GB> You use a mixture of a little bit of cuprous
> sulfate
> GB> dissolved in muriatic acid, both easy to acquire
> at home
> GB> improvement centers.
> 
> Ordinary caustic soda (lye, sodium hydroxide) works
> just as well
> and has the advantage of not getting you arrested
> just for
> asking for it outside of the good ole us of a.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best regards,
>   Richard in the UK
> 
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