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Ok sometimes things get a little sloppy. I am asking because I am sure I'm not the first to have this problem.
Alcohol? Paint thinner?
Alcohol? Paint thinner?
Sigh! Kelsey, I was hoping you were not going to say that. Of course, I only noticed the epoxy while I was folding clothes out of the dryer.Once it's hardened, it is part of the jeans. Catch it before it cures with alcohol or another solvent to save the jeans.
Mushtang, would this product have a name?There's a good product for this but it's kind of expensive. They sell it at Target, Walmart, Gap, and Old Navy, but I've seen it in a ton of other places too.
Hmmm, acetone is such a solvent that it might also act to bleach out the blue dye.Acetone is a very hot / strong solvent....
If you could find a way to leave the hardened epoxy in an acetone bath
for many hours the epoxy should soften....
There's a good product for this but it's kind of expensive. They sell it at Target, Walmart, Gap, and Old Navy, but I've seen it in a ton of other places too.
Mushtang, would this product have a name?
I usually do more damage to clothing when launching and recovering rockets than building them though.
The only way I have found to keep from getting epoxy, CA, paint, and blood on my clothes while building is to build naked and before you say anything, No, it's not an option for me either.
My wife expects me to change my clothes every time I want to glue something. Not gonna happen. I don't really have good jeans. I have new and older jeans but they are mostly all the same quality. I try to wear older ones when I think I am going to be building but that doesn't always happen. Oh well. All of the blobs of stuff on my jeans give them character. Also my T-shirts have a tendency to get "decorated" with badges of honor. They help me remember what projects I am working on.
I usually do more damage to clothing when launching and recovering rockets than building them though.
There are no nice non-toxic fabric friendly solvent that will dissolve cured epoxy. That's one of the reasons why epoxy is so good.
Put the jeans in the freezer, or better yet cool with dry ice or liquid nitrogen, and hit the cold epoxy with a hammer. It will shatter.
Bob
We used to open integrated circuits to find out what was in them and to to QC checks on circuits. Hot nitric acid dissolves the epoxy that ICs are made from.
Rich, was thinking the same thing. Glad you beat me to it! Hmm, don't remember seeing that in the "Improvised Explosive Device" manual.It also turns cotton cloth into gun cotton iirc
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