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2. Brasso - Wikipedia

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   Brasso has also been used to polish out scratches in plastics: It has been used to polish CDs, DVDs, screens, and pools to repair scratches. It is a mild solvent and an extremely fine abrasive, so when applied to the reflective surface of the disc and rubbed radially (in straight lines between the edge and centre), it can smooth scratches and reduce their effect.

3. Polishing (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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   Polishing is often used to enhance the appearance of an item, prevent contamination of instruments, remove oxidation, create a reflective surface, or prevent corrosion in pipes. In metallography and metallurgy, polishing is used to create a flat, defect-free surface for examination of a metal's microstructure under a microscope. Silicon-based ...

4. 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 ...

5. Rust converter - Wikipedia

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   Rust converter is usually applied to objects that are difficult to sand blast, such as vehicles, trailers, fences, iron railings, sheet metal, and the outside of storage tanks. It may also be used to restore and preserve iron-based items of historical importance.

6. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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   Oxalic acid is used widely as an acid rinse in the laundry industry due to its ability to remove rust and ink stains. Oxalic acid converts insoluble iron compounds into a soluble complex ion. It is because of this property that oxalic acid is one of the primary components in commercial solutions used to remove scale from automobile radiators. [5]

7. Pickling (metal) - Wikipedia

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   Pickling is a metal surface treatment used to remove impurities, such as stains, inorganic contaminants, and rust or scale from ferrous metals, copper, precious metals and aluminium alloys. [1] A solution called pickle liquor, which usually contains acid, is used to remove the surface impurities.

8. How to Remove Nail Polish Without Nail Polish Remover

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   How to Remove Nail Polish with Rubbing Alcohol. If you don’t have any nail polish remover on hand, an alcohol-based product will work in a pinch, Brittney Boyce, founder of NAILSOFLA, tells us ...

9. Cyanoacrylate - Wikipedia

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   Acetone, commonly found as a fraction of nail polish remover (or at hardware stores in pure form), is a widely available solvent capable of softening cured cyanoacrylate. [36] Other solvents include nitromethane, dimethylformamide, [37] dimethyl sulfoxide, and methylene chloride. [38]