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Removing printing from aluminum cans

I recycle and creat crafts from old aluminum cans and sanding of the printing is time consuming, is there a way to remove the printing without sanding the cans?

Gorden Wingfield
hobbyist - Martinsville, VA, USA
2007

Try to immerse them in acetone ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] Flammable! mixed with some ammonia ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] (up to 30%)-bad smelling and combustible but very effective. Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2007

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