Wipe it down with denatured alcohol that will take off any oils. Remember even oil from fingers will mess up paint. I would use a good hi temp paint on the motor. I have no idea about the plate. Mabe take it with you to a paint place toi match colors? Davis Jay Ciampi <jciampi@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Maybe Simple Green sprayed on it would dissolve the WD40 and Blaster. There is some Purple cleaner that is supposed to work well also. I can't recall the trade name though. Jay in FL. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080223/32c7974c/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list