Old poster re-appears....

aktullly he's just trying to exkuze a mistake ...

- tho' he wouldn't usually put "hes" for "he is", or "its" for "it is" - he's never properly understood (and he and his sister, a grammarian who once worked for OUD, have discussed it vigorously, even virulently) why "it's", as the possesive, is wrong.

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== Ohhh, yes it is! (incorrect, that is) JW² ===

Yes, although not urgently. The project is on hold until I can find a company that will make a rotor fairly cheaply, or until I make enough money to pay for an expensive one!

I don't want to put you to any trouble until I've formed a plan for getting a new rotor.

Best wishes,

Chris

Glad someone mentioned this. I have not heard of paint stripper damaging brass before. I have used Travis Perkins brand paintstripper on brass without any visible damage, but it could be a different formulation to Nitromors.

Best wishes,

Chris

I heard a similar suggestion at rec.crafts.metalworking. Someone said that automatic transmission fluid works as a paint stripper. What is in it which causes this effect, because plain oil doesn't normally dissolve paint, does it?

Best wishes,

Chris

I must admit, it does not seem a logical grammatical rule to me.

Best wishes,

Chris

I can't answer your question directly, but I know we have chemists about who probably can. The car was a one-day old Austin Healey Sprite......my pride and joy, and the brake or clutch fluid reservoir cap was left off during pre-delivery checks. It was a long time ago and I forget which.....but the car needed an engine-out complete respray.

Of course, I should have spotted the problem myself....but I was young and it was a Sprite....!!

On or around Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:48:34 +0000, Christopher Tidy enlightened us thusly:

I thought it was brake fluid that did that. Certainly has on anything I've seen it leak onto.