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Researching online DuPont states derlin isn't affected by acetone..so I bought a can at home depot and submerged one of my old insulators in it overnight in a sealed glass jar..much to my delight it didn't affect it at all..
So I used a Q-tip with a little acetone and it made my brass/copper switch squeaky clean in short order ..works great!
Thx for your post
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Thanks.. I said DuPont because my mods are authentic American made and use Derlin, made in America by the DuPont company...Don't know what the Chinese call "derlin" as I don't do Chinese made mods..acetone will probly be bad for those I would think..Great. I wouldn't have bet the stuff in most mods had even a passing acquaintance with DuPont.
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Lefty
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Yeah the "delrin" seems to be a mental block. I know the correct spelling but this isn't the first time my fingers didn't get the memo. Spell checkers don't help on that one. Acetone will melt most plastic based compounds.
Edit: Seems to actually be a block since it is in fact delrin. Good grief!
Edit: Seems to actually be a block since it is in fact delrin. Good grief!
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Yup. It's what i use and it works amazingly well. I got a bottle of %100 acetone from the nail polish department. You should be able to find it at any department store. Even the dollar store(that’s where i found it)!
As a painter for 30 years I know a lot about chemicals and solvents Stay away from that stuff.. for many reasons One is the fumes the other is the residue it will leave behind... not a good mix with a battery...Boom!!! the other is what lefty said it will melt any plastic parts or make them brittle ...if you want a safe and cheap way to clean just dab some ketchup on for 10 mins or so then rinse off with warm water and dry
Clean that residue off please... Just use warm soapy water and dry..even use a hair dryer to dry
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So, dont buy finger nail polish remover?
lol...Funny you bring that up...I used that today to get some dried foam insulation off my fingers...I thought I had some acetone laying around and used the wifes nail polish removerSo, dont buy finger nail polish remover?
That'll work!lol...Funny you bring that up...I used that today to get some dried foam insulation off my fingers...I thought I had some acetone laying around and used the wifes nail polish remover
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Yeah but I'm going to get shit from her...I used it all upThat'll work!
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But my fingers are clean
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Oh i thought it just all evaporated like denatured alcohol. Thanks for letting me know. I used it to clean the threads on both my 4nines just recently.
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All i did was dip qtips in it and scrub the threads.
Nope...pretty much anything leaves a residue even water...that's what a water stain is but water residue won't go..Boom!
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Reminds me, taco bell sauce cleans too. Would use it on pennies.
Will add some extra flavor too
I don't know about that making run to the border but I know that shit makes me run to the bathroomReminds me, taco bell sauce cleans too. Would use it on pennies.
Will add some extra flavor too
Midniteoyl
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Ya.. worked there as a kid, ate mexican pizzas every day as an adult, had to quit when I hit 30I don't know about that making run to the border but I know that shit makes me run to the bathroom
Didn't they get shit for saying it had beef in it when there wasn'tYa.. worked there as a kid, ate mexican pizzas every day as an adult, had to quit when I hit 30
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Ya.. wood pulp or something like that.. Thats also, I believe, why I had to quit eating them even though they didnt get found out till years later
Do not use nail polish remover haha or paint thinner... The correct way to clean the metal is to de oxidize it the easiest way is with regular old lemon juice
it will also clean your brass and copper mods.. Now if you want to do it the professional way use detoxit it costs a bit but will remove all the junk and actually improve the connection.. read up on it..... Will Acetone work... ummm maybe.. but if you get that one your skin like I have it will make you very sick..
it will also clean your brass and copper mods.. Now if you want to do it the professional way use detoxit it costs a bit but will remove all the junk and actually improve the connection.. read up on it..... Will Acetone work... ummm maybe.. but if you get that one your skin like I have it will make you very sick..
Ah ha - well, tell that to all the manicure salons around here......LOL
(And, yes, they wrap your fingers in pure acetone for at least 15 minutes!)
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Not really.. Acetone is nail polish remove..
nail polish remover is made of PEOPLE!!!!!
@AmandaD do not feed the scary man things hahah Yes I agree they do and I have had many a GF give me manicures with some kind of twisted love..Ah ha - well, tell that to all the manicure salons around here......LOL
And some like to stick it in or let stick in. all the wrong places haha but that don't make it right safe or sane
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hahahaha I love that freaking movie Soylent Green too funnynail polish remover is made of PEOPLE!!!!!
What are you talking about make freaking sense
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Why?
ITS PEOPLE!!!
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Of the people, For the people?
Vinegar, Lemon juice - it's all good. Acetic acid vs Citric acid. It's the acid that cleans the oxides and crap off the metal. Just don't use Lysergic acid diethylamide. If you do, your mod might grow teeth and snarl at you.
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Yeah thats for sure ...Or you may have a trip where you never return from kinda like Sid Barret of Pink Floyd..