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  • its the expanding carbondioxide that broke down the grime?

    I think that only works with dry ice blasting

    I suspect the main mechanism is saponification of oily contamination due to the alkaline solution.

  • You need barkeepers friend, I don't know how it works but I know it will never take hours

  • If it's black, it's probably got a fair bit of pyrolised carbohydrate and protein in the mix, but bound with polymerised fats. It's a primitive carbon fibre composite 🙂

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