PeterH5322@a... wrote:
>What's a good way to get serious crud (paint, tar?) off of Japanning
>without destroying the Japanning?
>I used to use Pine-Sol, but I found that it softened Japanning if left on 
>more than a minute.
>
>Now, I use Simple-Green.

I use SimpleGreen as well, mostly for the initial cleaning.

However, I've never found it useful against paint.  Perhaps I'm not letting
it soak long enough?

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