solvent for araldite

There is no solvent for Araldite or any other epoxy adhesive once set. Acetone would have removed excess if used immediately before the epoxy has set. Removal now is only possible with mechanical means ie. Filing, sanding, grinding. If you have a Dremel and are careful you might remove most of the excess with minimal damage.

Richard

sanding?

Scalpel, knife, razor blade...

Thomas Prufer

Bandages...

I use cut proof gloves. I was so pleased with them that I got my wife some too. Needless to say, she did manage to cut them.

From the manufacturer's web site:

For Araldite epoxy adhesives, remove cured residues or excessive adhesive by immersion in commercial paint strippers, such as nitromors or multistrip. These are available from most retail paint suppliers.

Please note, joints may break by being soaked in these chemicals for periods of up to 24 hours depending on width and thickness."

This.

If you are lucky, the pottery glaze will have resisted the epoxy adhesion to the surface to some extent.

Nick snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.ca

Alan J. Wylie quoted:

Would that be original/effective Nitromors, or modern/useless Nitromors?

Lots of other sites with more or less the same info.

In message <u7ue0a$3mpik$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Martin Smith snipped-for-privacy@gn.apc.org> writes

At work we used something called Ardrox . It seemed to dissolve everything though. Left metal nice and shiny.

Brian

Angle grinder

Hmm, we used to have something when I worked in TV pcb repairs in the sixties. It said please use gloves and in a well ventilated room. I'm guessing it must have been some kind of acid. It was a long time ago, and Araldite might have changed. Brian