[pianotech] Epoxy

[Ed Sutton]

Vinegar followed by soap and water.
But I like the idea of Titebond.
For greasy stuff, first massage hands with dishwashing detergent, then add 
water.
Titebond sounds similar.
Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Epoxy


> Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote:
>> While we're on the subject of epoxy. What's the best thing to use to 
>> clean up wet epoxy? Fingers, work area, etc.
>>  Al
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> Acetone, like John said, only... A while back, Jon Page suggested Titebond 
> to get epoxy off of your hands. Nonsense, right. Absolutely ridiculous. 
> Well, guess what. It works way better than acetone or anything else I've 
> tried, and I've got as much epoxy on me as almost anyone - except maybe 
> Terry. No pre-cleaning with anything else, just pour some Titebond into 
> the epoxied, or black and greasy with car gunk hands, and scrub it in. 
> Rinse off with warm water and soap. Acetone just drives epoxy deeper into 
> my dry hands and leaves them sticky feeling. Titebond takes the stuff off. 
> Why, how? I don't care! What the heck prompted Jon to try this?
> Ron N
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