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Re: Help with Empire Pump - Painting
« on: March 27, 2019, 10:20:07 pm »
I always use a high grade rubbing alcohol to degrease the parts I paint. (Be careful some alcohols leave residue from the denaturing.)
Thanks, there must have been some residue left over on the bare metal to cause this.
Is this rubbing alcohol?
https://www.bunnings.com.au/diggers-125ml-isopropyl-cleaning-alcohol_p1564443

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