I just love me some Boeshield. I use it all over the place for long-term rust prevention. I even like it as "finish" on my wooden planes, buffed-out after drying. (seriously)
However, I now have a problem with the stuff. I want to start refurbing a large number of planes & tools that have been sitting in storage for years (the exact number of hand planes is literally embarrassing! )
- and while I usually use electrolysis, this time I'd like to try chelation (an Evaporust type solution) because it's much faster when dealing with a lot of small parts.
Problem is, chealtion requires a fairly clean surface, and I can't get that thick, congealed, 10-year old coating of Boeshield off of all the metal parts. It's incredibly tenacious & gloopy. Yech... I though a bath in hot water and detergent would do it, but the stuff is just laughing at me. Laquer thinner might work, but that would be very expensive, smelly, and time consuming.
Any ideas?