Old 07-04-13 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by LongSheeep
I have searched the forum and heard caustic soda/lye/NaOH is safe for titanium, but this website says otherwise: http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tabl..._metals_1.html
The table is intended to guide those choosing metals for long term service in piping and vessels, not for one-time short term exposure. So NaOH, even 50%, should do no damage for the time you will need to expose your Ti frame to it. However, be sure the cups are indeed aluminum before using NaOH. It won't help on steel cups.
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