Quote Originally Posted by usabaker View Post
Charlie, I think you misunderstood
Yea, I blew that one. For some reason I pictured maybe some Korean markings you wanted to get rid of and the GI markings you wanted to save.
Not knowing what type paint was used and seeing how thin it is has we worried. Any type of Turpentine will thin oil base paints and will dissolve them. Turps can be used to wrinkle up dried water based paints also.

My current thought would be to seal the numbers 1st thing. I'd coat the numbers using a artist brush with a Tung Oil in a Sheen that would match your final stock finish. Then you'd be able to detail clean inside the numbers (carefully).
It's about the only option I can think of to protect the painted numbers.
If I come up with something else I'll post.