You can never play too safe with lye, the stuff will eat thru your
skin, and aluminum too if you make the mistake of soaking something in
a pan or tray made of the stuff. It does do the trick though. Years
ago I had to clean some builders plates that were so caked with
graphite that they were barely legible. A soak in a lye solution
cleaned them up nicely, and probably my drains too!
Thank you kindly,
Mike Matalis
Downers Grove IL
On Aug 10, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Robert Bullermann wrote:
> I had sizeable lantern collection at one time. I purchased 80
> short globe lanterns years ago, cleaned them all up, re-sold them
> all. I used to clean the lanterns in a solution of lye, 2 gallons of
> hot water and one can of Lewis Lye. I left the lantern in the lye
> water for about an hour. After rinesing and dryinge I brushed them
> lightly with a wire brush. This took them down to the bare metel. I
> wore eye protection and big rubber gloves. I only have a dozen tall
> globe lanterns left, including several CB&Q
>
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