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They used heat in the end
How long did they try with acid? I had a frame soaking for about a week until the post disintegrated. Did mash the paint up a bit. But definitely not as much as the heat has though.
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They originally said they would "melt it out" and it would mess up the paint which I guessed had to mean acid of some sort. Perhaps Mercian were meaning 'melt' as in heat.
In some Youtube videos there are quite messy versions of dissolving the post depending on how people go at it. Nice one for handling it yourself, I didn't trust it not to go badly.
Thanks @jBola!
Squaredisk
Picked up the frame today as Mercian had removed the seatpost. They used heat in the end and said it was a "right job", must have been solidly in there. Anyway lost a fair bit of original paint. They kindly put primer on and tidied the area up. Really happy they got it out.
Not sure on next steps, my first thought is to build it up and have a trial ride to see if the fit is good, then go from there.