Resin Cleaning Products

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#1

I’m looking at a catalog from Composites One and see some cleaners they sell for resin clean up:

Has anyone tried these? What is your experience with them ( prupose and how well did they work)? How costly or not are they?

Vendor: Cook Composites

1)Replacetone
2)Aquawash
3)Gunflush
4)Epoxy Cleaner
5)Es Gunflush
6)No Rinse
7)Extra Strength Resin Emulsifier
8)Wipe Brite
9)Unisolve
10)Non Gelling
11)Defoamer

Vendor: 21st Century Composites

1)Surfasolve Waterless Wipes
2)Surfasolve Tool Cleaner
3)DX Surfasolve Tool Cleaner
4)Mini Cleaning Station
5)FV Surfasolve Cleaner
6)DX Surfasolve Gun Cleaner

#2

masepoxies has biosolve product that works great. but its expensive compared to acetone. http://www.greenacetone.com/

21stcentury composites is a horrible product and the owner is a a**

I do not recommend doing business with compositeone, they have horrible customer service.

#3

comp one couldn’t even tell me what their buying process was in a clear way.

#4

We have had some serious issues with that company including two instances where competing companies got information regarding some of the products we were purchasing from them. Highly unprofessional!

#5

Vendor: The grocery store

Cheap, works great, nobody there is gonna give your information away.

:smiley: Hey, it’s Monday, I’m gonna be a smartass!

#6

doesn’t cause cancer

#7

Would these same products (or the vinegar) work for cleaning epoxy resin out of tubing used in the VARTM process?

#8

Does Vinegar clean PE/VE and epoxy?

#9

Only epoxy.

For polyester, use acetone. Definately in machines. Good replacements are methylene chloride or MEK. But these come with more severe problems than acetone.

For hand tools you can use styrene and a brush. Rollers and brushes should be tossed, at least if it is for gelcoating.

#10

any guys who tried with Polychem products, AS600 & AS950, for cleanning jobs? any suggestions? we have been looking for a eco-soultion to replace ACETONE, but it seems no valuable alternatives in terms of performance-cost ratio.

#11

worse comes to worse… source some methylene chloride… will dissolve ANYTHING including lungs if not careful

#12

Hi Rc51, my friend, do you mean Polychem AS products are not good?

#13

I have not clue about the products… I just know that CH2Cl2 will dissolve anything known to man:D