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Frame is now with Mercian, they are using acid to dissolve the seatpost. The Cola didn't work in this instance, did make lots of things sticky for a while. I then tried to hacksaw four cuts in the post. It was quite tricky and worrying whether the saw was hitting the seat tube as it began to feel different. Got some pieces of the tube out, wasn't comfortable with it at that point and the tube is so long in there it was tough to exert pressure on the furthest point of the blade.
Mercian said the acid may potentially damage the paint work. I'm going to see the results of this then decide on if the frame gets a respray.