My husband uses epoxy on a sailboat he's building.  He cleans everything
up... hands, spills, etc... with plain old vinegar.  We go through a LOT of
vinegar.  If it's dried, then soak acetone on it until it softens, then use
vinegar (or 5% acetic acid) to mop up the residues.

connie m  

At 10:31 AM 06/13/2000 -0400, Tamara Howard wrote:
>Back in the olden days, when BioRad sold microscopy supplies, they had an
>epoxy cleaner (to remove epoxies from hands, benches, etc., not made from
>epoxies). It was blue gunk in a little jar. Does anyone know what happened
>to this stuff? Or have an alternate? 
>
>I've just been digging through catalogues and Ted Pella sells a liquid
>cleaner - any experience with it? 
>
>Thanks!
>
>Tamara Howard
>CSHL
>
>
>
Connie McManus
Veterinary Diagnostics Lab
Utah State University
Logan, UT
USA