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Old 30th May 2018, 9:25 pm   #17
dseymo1
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Default Re: Repairing catalysed lacquer type finishes

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Originally Posted by bluepilot View Post
I once had a chemist friend who managed to get some epoxy on his best suit. I can't remember exactly what he used to remove it but "dimethylformamide" springs to mind. No idea where you'd get any unless you can find a friendly chemist.
I wasn't aware of it previously, but yes, diethylformamide, a common industrial solvent, is said to soften and swell epoxy. Unfortunately, it appears not to be 'clean' dissolution, so it would, I think, be very difficult to produce a tidy edge of sound resin to which to work the new finish.

It's worth bearing in mind, though, for items one wishes to 'unpot'
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