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Re: Cleaning epoxy pumps
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 10/9/1999, 5:48 pm
In Response To: Cleaning epoxy pumps (Jack Martin)

I've used acetone for cleaning up mixed epoxy -- I assume this would also work for the individual components. Recently someone here said that plain ol' vinegar works just as well and doesn't requre ventilation (unless you just don't like the smell of vinegar.) After finishing my boat last spring I didn't bother to take out the pumps from the jugs. Just last week, after 6 months on the shelf, I made up a small batch, and they worked fine. They hadn't even drained back into the jugs.

Dean

> I'd thought there had been several threads on cleaning and storing epoxy
> measuring pumps, but can't find anything in the archives. Anybody know
> what's best for cleaning the pumps --- and storing the residual, for that
> matter?

> Jack

Messages In This Thread

Cleaning epoxy pumps
Jack Martin -- 10/9/1999, 3:00 pm
Re: Cleaning epoxy pumps
Dean Trexel -- 10/9/1999, 5:48 pm
Re: Cleaning epoxy pumps
Mike Hanks -- 10/11/1999, 12:06 am
Re: Cleaning epoxy pumps
Larry C. -- 10/9/1999, 7:22 pm