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Subject:Re: Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal
From:Gnarlodious
Date:Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:03:33 -0600

Entity Alistair Bell spoke thus:

> polyurethane is the beast

> When uncured, get it off your fingers with 95% ethanol,
Actually acetone is much better.

> On 13-Sep-04, at 9:15 PM, David Marshall wrote:

>> The compound is rubbery
>> (tire rubber soft) grey/white and it can be cut with a sharp knife.
Methylene Chloride.

Easiest way to get it is go to a Plexiglass distributor, it comes in metal
cans and is used as a plexiglass solvent/glue. Just tell them you're gluing
polycarbonate, it's a controlled substance but you can still get it if you
don't say the wrong things.

-- Gnarlie