In a message dated 9/13/2003 6:19:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rowil@clara.net writes:
> Folks - don't use ANY solvent in trying to remove epoxy from skin! If
> you apply acetone or alcohol to epoxy on your skin, the solvent
> immediately makes the epoxy much more mobile, right down to the
> molecular level, I understand. This means that the epoxy-laden
> solvent will migrate right into the surface layers of your skin where
> you can't wash it off, and you don't want that to happen.
>
Which is why you use vinegar to clean resin off your skin because vinegar
doens't make the resin penetrate your skin. It stinks, though, so it's best to
not get resin on your skin to start with or people will think you work at a
pickle factory. Use gloves.
Regards,
John Lawton
Dunlap, TN
A-245
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