3 Oct
2006
3 Oct
'06
4:55 a.m.
Chuck wrote....
I'm familiar with the stuff but would never really
consider using it on
electronics gear
I wasn't planning on using it on circuit boards! I was
thinking of using it
on metal panels, racks, etc.
--it's basically phosphoric and sulfuric acids with
some
detergent and silica as a polishing agent. The "jelly" is nothing more
than Xanthan gum (also used to thicken salad dressing).
Odd, for many years I used
Naval Jelly to clean rust off cans in my beer can
collection. I never once saw it take any paint off, and I used it on some
pretty fragile old cans. It worked wonderfully without messing up the paint.
Jay