Softening epoxy

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

Acetone does attack epoxy to some extent, we had tanks of acetone to rinse off Skydrol hydraulic fluid used in civil airliners because it is non flammable. The rinsing had to be fast as the eoxy paint finishes would suffer if exposed to the acetone for more than a few seconds. We had to test various hydraulic sub assemblies including shimmy dampers and they were always contaminated externally with the Skydrol (phosphate ester) which would not be safe to handle without being rinsed off before final inspection and packaging. You wouldn’t want to get any in your eyes, it hurts.

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