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Title: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Dennis Toth on August 26, 2012, 03:00:24 PM

Guys,
Found a new cleaner for getting that sticky epoxy glue off fingers - hand sanitizer. I had tried regular detergent and it doesn't do much. I tried the hand sanitizer because I figured it had some alcohol in it so I tried it and it worked.

Best,    DennisT

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Tim Wescott on August 26, 2012, 03:03:06 PM

After hearing horror stories about epoxy and cumulative toxicity -- and since I've had to significantly restrict my use of CA glues for the last 25 years -- I always wear rubber gloves.

Which makes things like fillets pretty awkward, but the cleanup is as easy as taking off a pair of gloves.

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Wynn Robins on August 26, 2012, 03:55:55 PM

epoxy is only toxic until it it catalysed.

saying that - gloves are cheap and disposable - so I use them too.

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Dave Holtsclaw on August 26, 2012, 05:03:55 PM

Using alcohol to remove epoxy from you hands is a real bad idea. Alcohol thins the epoxy and allowes it to enter your pores more easly. Can turn out real bad. I ended up in the emergency room doing this.

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Wade Bognuda on August 26, 2012, 09:29:08 PM

Use MEK instead.

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Wynn Robins on August 26, 2012, 09:56:33 PM

Quote from: Wade Bognuda on August 26, 2012, 09:29:08 PM

Use MEK instead.

Oh MY GOD - why would you even suggest that!!!!?

do NOT use solvents of any kind to wash epoxy off your skin - it dissolves it and makes it far easier to get INTO you blood - something you dont want to do.....

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: larry borden on August 27, 2012, 06:59:49 AM

I use the surgical gloves too.

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on August 27, 2012, 11:00:55 AM

Instead of trying solvents, which in themselves are toxic, good old soap and water works, if slowly.

Floyd

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Brett Buck on August 27, 2012, 01:11:06 PM

Quote from: Wynn Robins on August 26, 2012, 09:56:33 PM

Oh MY GOD - why would you even suggest that!!!!?

do NOT use solvents of any kind to wash epoxy off your skin - it dissolves it and makes it far easier to get INTO you blood - something you dont want to do.....

   I do that sort of thing all the time. And I turned out GREAT!

   Brett

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: steven yampolsky on August 27, 2012, 02:06:47 PM

Quote from: Brett Buck on August 27, 2012, 01:11:06 PM

   I do that sort of thing all the time. And I turned out GREAT!

The twitch and the limp are barely noticable  LL~

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Gene O'Keefe on August 29, 2012, 07:43:39 AM

Thanks Steve...I needed a really good laugh today ... almost fell out of my chair!

            LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~

Title: Re: Hand cleanup from epoxy glues
Post by: Avaiojet on August 31, 2012, 10:58:08 AM

This might sound nuts, but none the less it's true.

When I donate blood, as all you fine modelers do, I ask for a bunch of surgical gloves. They don't mind giving them away to repeat donors.

There's this one blond phlebotomist, um, never mind.  ;D

Thumbs up!

Charles