"Martin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:37:27 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"Neil Tonks" wrote in message
...
I second that - both petrol and lighter fuel give off lots of
explosive
vapour which can easily ignite.

Swarfega hand cleaner (sold in DIY stores and car accessory
shops)
ahould
shift it, though you'll have to work it into your hands really
well
to get
the last traces off.

Swarfega contains paraffin, and is designed essentially to clean
greasy hands. I have never tried it on resin. {:-))

We've tried a lot of things to remove unset epoxy resins. The best
and
cheapest is meths. I guess anything else with sufficient alcohol in
it
would work too.

Propyl alcohol is particularly good for unset epoxy resins. It is, I
think, sold by chemists as surgical spirit. I have not tried it on
natural resins yet.

Franz