I've had good luck with laquer thinners, two liberal splashes and a wipe up usually works. (No smoking anywhere near laquer thinners of course). It is an excellent general purpose degreaser. Cheers, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myke Baigent" <MykeBaigent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Question from Myke > Hi Folks, > Can anyone advise me how to chemically get rid of WD40 from the surface of > steel in order that it can be reliably painted? I don't know whether or not > this is true, but someone told me it contains duck oil and silicone, and > that it is virtually impossible to remove it from the surface. Advice will > be appreciated, > Regards to all, > Myke > > > 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.