Note the UK news article from a few years back when a person tried using petrol in their kitchen, then tried Cilit Bang and blew half the kitchen out when the two reacted!!! Yours, Rich. On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Petrol is the best way to disolve bitumen, just be careful about sparks and > naked flames! > > Dave. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clifton > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 7:58 PM > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Linishing belt. > > Hi Chris. > > Would Thinners take the bitumen off faster? > > Clif > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Crosskey" <chris.crosskey@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 6:05 PM > Subject: [modeleng] Linishing belt. > > >> Hi Folks... thought I'd ask here due to practical nature of readership... >> Is there such a thing as linishing belt made out of something like a >> kitchen green plastic pot-scourer?... As a household project I'm looking >> to refloor my lounge with reclaimed parquet... which has a back covered in >> bitumen..... from previous experience it isn't that hard to get bitumen >> off with a pot scourer and white-spirit.... so a plan would be to linish >> it off prior to rethicknessing the wood in a planer thicknesser.... I >> tried searching through ebay but didn't find what I was looking for... >> Any help gratefully received on or off list. >> Chris >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it >> in error, do not use or disclose the information in any way, notify me >> immediately, and please delete it from your system. >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> line. >> > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.