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Tool cleaning after using epoxy putty
Tanksami
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 - 02:48 PM UTC
Hi Guys,
I have some of the "newish" Tamiya two part epoxy putty that I am going to use for making Zimmert, but have no idea what to use for cleaning up of my Zimmert tools when done?
Had no luck googling for an answer
Cheers Mike
Pave-Hawk
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 - 03:07 PM UTC
Generally I have found that epoxy putties can be cleaned up with water, or at worst isopropyl alcohol, if the epoxy is not allowed to dry.

Once dry, generally only mechanical removal is possible, i.e. scraping, sanding etc.
Tanksami
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 - 03:29 PM UTC
Hi Iain,
Thanks for that I have both so will give it a try.
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2017 - 03:44 AM UTC
Maybe you can try acetone
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