"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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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.


Surgical spirit is mainly ethanol, not propanol. The really good safe stuff
for getting resins, (including, i should imagine, conifer resin), off hands
is Loctite 7855 hand cleaner, but I don't know whether it's available in
retail outlets.

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Anton