[TheForge] My latest discovery - cleaning up wet epoxy cement

[Dann Johnson]

I've had good luck with that "orange" waterless hand cleaner.
It even seems to do a good job with that urethane based gorilla glue.

Dann


At 11:08 AM 4/13/2008, you wrote:
>for clean up of still wet epoxy try WD 40 works great
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:56 AM
>Subject: [TheForge] My latest discovery - cleaning up wet epoxy cement
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>>So, I was working with J-B Weld, an epoxy glue/filler, when a breeze
>>flips foil I had the stuff on onto my hand.  And it was downhill from
>>there.
>>I kinda figured I'd get the stuff off about the time this layer of
>>skin wore off, but I diligently rubbed away as much of the wet stuff
>>as I could with an old rag.
>>Then I decided to try a solvent I've used to clean up lots of things -
>>tape adhesives, paint, asphalt, etc.  What did I have to lose?  I put
>>some on a small cloth and started rubbing.  No shit - the stuff
>>actually removed wet epoxy cement (J-B Weld, anyway.  I assume that's
>>typical epoxy)!  I've never found anything else that would touch that
>>stuff!
>>The solvent is ethyl acetate.   I consider it a miracle stuff-remover,
>>and it's reputation has just been enhanced in my book.   It's
>>"non-toxic" (meaning that traces won't poison you - but don't drink
>>it!).  Its smell is strong, but not all that unpleasant, like a
>>slightly fruity acetone.  It's quite flammable, but less so than
>>acetone.   You're not likely to find it in your local paint store, but
>>it is available though scientific supply houses.  Try Thomas
>>Scientific.
>>-- Bruce
>>NJ
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