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  2. Paint stripper - Wikipedia

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    Paint remover is applied to an aircraft's landing gear during an inspection looking for cracks in the aluminum. Paint stripper or paint remover is a chemical product designed to remove paint, finishes, and coatings, while also cleaning the underlying surface. Chemical paint removers are advantageous because they act on any kind of geometry and ...

  3. Yelp - Wikipedia

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    It has since become one of the leading sources of user-generated reviews and ratings for businesses. Yelp grew in usage and raised several rounds of funding in the following years. By 2010, it had $30 million in revenue, and the website had published about 4.5 million crowd-sourced reviews. From 2009 to 2012, Yelp expanded throughout Europe and ...

  4. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...

  5. Putty knife - Wikipedia

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    A spackle knife (called a scraper in British English, also known as a spatula in American English) is also commonly called a "putty knife", [1] and is used for scraping surfaces or spreading material such as plaster in various construction trades. Widths from 1 1 ⁄ 4" to 5" or 6" are commonly available.

  6. Hand scraper - Wikipedia

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    The scraper in the center of the image is a three corner scraper and is typically used to deburr holes or the internal surface of bush-type bearings. Bushes are typically made from bronze or a white metal. The scraper pictured at the bottom is a curved scraper. It has a slight curve in its profile and is also suitable for bush bearings ...

  7. Taylor scraping flow - Wikipedia

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    The palette knives used by artists for removing paint from their palettes are very flexible scrapers. They can therefore only be used at such an angle that σ n {\displaystyle \sigma _{n}} is small and as will be seen in the figure this occurs only when α {\displaystyle \alpha } is nearly 180 ∘ {\displaystyle 180^{\circ }} .

  8. Card scraper - Wikipedia

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    Card scraper in use. A card scraper or cabinet scraper is a woodworking shaping and finishing tool. It is used to manually remove small amounts of material and excels in tricky grain areas where hand planes would cause tear out. Card scrapers are most suitable for working with hardwoods, and can be used instead of sandpaper. Scraping produces a ...

  9. Wheel tractor-scraper - Wikipedia

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    Elevating scraper: self-loading as it uses an elevator to load material; requires no push-cat. Tandem scrapers: separate tractor and scraper engines provide greater power, and better traction in steep or slippery areas; Tandem Push-Pull: concentrates the combined horsepower of two such machines onto one cutting edge.