Garland Gray II wrote:

My wife handed me a piece of her jewelry -- a square of ceramic or the
like-- from which the glued on eye had become detached. The old glue and
feels like silicone.

Well in this case, silicone is probably the correct adhesive. Assuming
the eye is metal, epoxy may well not survive the differential thermal
expansion & contraction between the metal and the ceramic. Hexane is
(or was a few years back, you never can be sure over here with the EU
and VOCs) one of the major constituants of Evostik adhesive remover.
Might be worth going to a store and looking at a can.

Remember even to get silicone to stick, its going to need to be
'waterbreak' clean. You also need a really strong clear electrical
grade silicone. Probably be able to get away with Servisol silicone
adhesive sealent, but you *might* need the Dow-Corning variety. You cant
get that stuff off clean glass even *with* a razor blade.

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