RE: POR's Metal Ready

["Farmer" <pharmer@domain.elided>]

Greg Hermann wrote:
> >
> >The best thing that the metal ready can do for you is to remove oils, etc
> >that might be on the steel.  I've got some I'll be using to
> ensure that the
> >new steel panels I've got will be perfectly clean.
>
> Grease and oil and mill scale/varnish will shield the raw metal to some
> degree from the metal prep (yep, it's phosphoric acid). If you want to get
> steel chemically clean, first use a rather strong lye solution--this will
> get off any grease, etc, , then use the phosphoric acid. Then--RINSE!!
>
Really?

Do you think a solvent would be the best first step to address oils &
greases?

Then follow with rinse, phosphoric acid, rinse again?

Thanks,

Ken