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Dissolving epoxy and/or polyimide
Seems there are some people here who might have an answer to this.
What can be used to dissolve cured epoxy? What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Unfortunately, the maker of the polyimide thought I was nuts for wanting to dissolve it and told me that nothing will dissolve it. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? Will UV light do it? Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? |
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Dissolving epoxy and/or polyimide
"Frogwatch" wrote: What can be used to dissolve cured epoxy? Not much. What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Not much. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? Will UV light do it? It will damage it. Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? No, but 24 grit paper and elbow grease will improve the mechanical coupling of old and new. Lew |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:16:43 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote: Seems there are some people here who might have an answer to this. What can be used to dissolve cured epoxy? What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Unfortunately, the maker of the polyimide thought I was nuts for wanting to dissolve it and told me that nothing will dissolve it. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? Will UV light do it? Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? I'm not sure what you are doing but common paint remover which is made with lye, I believe, will softer polyester. Not sure about epoxy. However it is probably not something you want to use as it is difficult to control. I discovered this fact by attempting to remove some paint from a hatch cover. Suddenly things got soft. I scraped off the softened resin and washed it several times with water and the next day it found that it had re-hardened. Cheers, Bruce |
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On Mar 25, 7:12*am, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:16:43 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Seems there are some people here who might have an answer to this. What can be used to dissolve *cured epoxy? What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Unfortunately, the maker of the polyimide thought I was nuts for wanting to dissolve it and told me that nothing will dissolve it. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? *Will UV light do it? Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? I'm not sure what you are doing but common paint remover which is made with lye, I believe, will softer polyester. Not sure about epoxy. However it is probably not something you want to use as it is difficult to control. I discovered this fact by attempting to remove some paint from a hatch cover. Suddenly things got soft. I scraped off the softened resin and washed it several times with water and the next day it found that it had re-hardened. Cheers, Bruce I have tried every gawdawful chemical I can think of up to and including Hydrofluoric acid. I do not want to touch the metal surface underneath. |
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@verizon.net says... "Frogwatch" wrote: What can be used to dissolve cured epoxy? Not much. What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Not much. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? Will UV light do it? It will damage it. Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? No, but 24 grit paper and elbow grease will improve the mechanical coupling of old and new. Lew Yup, I didn't see the original post but Epoxy, when used and prepared for properly will do a fine job without softening the under layers of resin. Like I said, you are not going to get a chemical bond, just do the mechanical bond with care and you will be fine. You will get full use of all of Epoxy's wonderful properties. No need to get all star wars on it Scotty -- For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v |
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Dissolving epoxy and/or polyimide
Frogwatch wrote:
Seems there are some people here who might have an answer to this. What can be used to dissolve cured epoxy? What can be used to dissolve a thin film of cured polyimide. Unfortunately, the maker of the polyimide thought I was nuts for wanting to dissolve it and told me that nothing will dissolve it. OK, if nothing dissolves it, what will de-link it? Will UV light do it? Could strong UV light be used to soften epoxy so as to be able to get better adhesion to a later layer? Methylene Chloride will definitely soften both. Brian C |
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