with a stanley knife cellulose thinners
or if its on paint 571 thinners
what will eat sika flex, i need to remove some excess, have got the worse of it off with a stanley knife, but anything better?
Nail varnish remover helps.
It's not miraculous but it makes it easier.
What of your hands with a stanley knife
cellulose thinners
or if its on paint 571 thinners
gunk (the engine cleaning stuff) isn't bad. Use lots of rags and good gloves.
Matt
IPA will do it
its where i stuck some of my more permanent sva covers... they have fallen off now!
its all on stainless so, nothing that can be hurt within reason
MEK
Most oil based solvents work. Petrol, diesel, Turps, White Spirit - it takes time but once it starts to break down it comes off pretty easily.
Steve
Another vote for MEK, or even better trichloroethylene.
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Originally posted by twybrow
Another vote for MEK, or even better trichloroethylene.
MMMMM trike happy days
Used to use gallons of the stuff where I worked.
There was the story about one guy basically emptying a drum of trike straight into a oil filled generator of a tank that had come straight off test so
was rather hot, too hot to touch with bare hand. The trike vapourised instantly and in took about 2 hours to get the guy down from the ceiling and
about 3 days to get the silly grin off his face.
Although the hangover like headache he had the following day did put a dent in his happy attitude.
Sorry for thread hijack just remembering happier times.
[Edited on 24/3/09 by Vindi_andy]
Try acetone. It used to be used in nail varnish remover but not as common these days. Acetone can be bought in small bottles from most chemists.
Rather handy stuff.
As always - test on hidden area first.
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Try acetone.
brake cleaner in the UK certainly isn't acetone!!
I have a gallon of both in the garage.
Brake cleaner won't touch sikaflex, acetone probably will but evaporates so fast that it will be a long job and you will be very high by the end
of it.
Toluene may soften sikaflex enough to remove it, so cellulose thinners might be worth a try.
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brake cleaner in the UK certainly isn't acetone!!
we use a lot of sika at work and get a product called sika remover/cleaner its available from the same place you get sikaflex.unless you book it out of stores at work then they should be able to get it for you.if your really struggling i can probably get some.
Getting a hair dryer or hot air gun on low to soften it may allow you to remove quite a bit with a plastic or wooden scraper.
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Originally posted by will642
we use a lot of sika at work and get a product called sika remover/cleaner its available from the same place you get sikaflex.unless you book it out of stores at work then they should be able to get it for you.if your really struggling i can probably get some.