[SEL] O.T Restoring Antique Ice Box - help

[Jerry Evans]

At 07:00 PM 13/02/2009, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:53 -0600
>From: <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
>
>Hey gang my neighbor is restoring one of those old antique ice boxes where 
>you put the block of ice in the top and the cold air circulates around the 
>cabinet. The ice box is lined with thin layers of zinc metal. This zinc 
>has an old cream colored looking chalk like substances all over it that 
>she is trying to clean off. She has been sanding it but it is wearing her out.
>Does anyone know of any product that would work to clean the yellow chalk 
>like substances off of the inside of the zinc liners?
>She wanted me to sandblast it but this is out of the question.
>Thanks for the help.
>Paul

Hi Paul,
         No experience with this but at a guess I'd try washing it with 
some vinegar (maybe warmed up a bit) or (test carefully first) "Spirits of 
Salts"
         Please let us know how she eventually  gets it clean.

Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
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