citrus based goo gone?
Denatured methonol and Acetone are both supposed to cut it while it’s wet.
I’m often surprised at how well that citrus based goo gone or similar will at least marginally losten dried glue from my fingers. Worked somewhat for contact cement. Fingers will smell like the goo gone for a day though.
Toluene is a benzene derivative. Has been linked to birth defects in some lab animals. I’d much rather have the aquaseal on my hands than that stuff. http://www.cise.columbia.edu/clean/msds/toluene.pdf
Paul S.
Try paint thinner
There are lots of things that paint thinner will dissolve that acetone, alcohol, etc. will not.
Scrub scrub scrub
Assuming that Seadart is correct, once the solvents evaporate and the stuff cures, the film that is left is probably pretty inert.
I wouldn’t be in any hurry to wash with any more toxic chemicals.
Try something oily - cold cream, or even salad oil - and let that sit for a while. Then scrub with a pumace soap and a Scotch Bright scrubby.
go paddling…
I often have my hands covered in Aquaseal despite my best efforts to wear gloves when using it. I simply go paddling and practice rescues and rolls for an hour or two and next thing I know, the Aquaseal is happily peeling off my hands in a very entertaining fashion.
Go Jo
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I usually wash my hands with GoJo or any of those automotive hand cleaning type of things that cut through grease and oil. They may not be the exact solvent for it but it does seem to clean up my hands pretty well. I also use that if epoxy gets on my hands.
I can’t really help
you with the removal problem but if you use a 3/16" drill you can easily remove the dried aquaseal from the opening of the tube. I use to dig out the dried stuff and always got frustrated, now I just drill it out.
that’s great advice
I got a double whammy…the scissor I used to get the hard stuff off the tube turned out to be full of blue ink from the holder I had it in. I still have the Aquaseal all over my hands, with blue ink sealed underneath.
Some has come off, and I’m slowly peeling the rest off little by little. I’ve also managed to rid my self of all my hard earned summer callouses…too early in the season for that!
Thanks for everyone’s advice. That’s one mistake I’ll never make again!!
Lyn
Freeze your Aquaseal
After a tube is open and partially used, keep it in the freezer. It will last for years. If you don’t, a re-sealed tube will harden up in months. This top secret info comes from an Aquaseal rep. I ran into at a store.
Adhesive Removl
First, I finally figure out to just buy a box of 100 latex gloves since I do so much outfitting and repairs.
Whenever I do get stuff on my hands, I don’t use any kind of chemical remover. Rather, I use one of those mild sandpaper like scrubby things used to remove corns or dead skin in the shower. I just put my hands under warm water and scrub away.
sing
Second the denatured alcohol
I use that when it’s wet to get the majority of it off, and then let the rest dry, and peel it off a day or two later.
Just not worh the aggravation of trying to get it all when it’s wet.
Wayne
gasoline
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either 87 octane (cuz' it's the cheapest) or diesel fuel. if neither one takes off that Aquaseal, just light a match to it and i'm absolutely certain it'll be gone. ;-)
The fact
Aquaseal is silicone-based product. None of the solvents will work. It will eventually wear off.
Yep freezing works and a light touch
with vice grips will open the top again.
Amputation…
…or time to wear it off slowly. I vote for the wearing off slowly choice as the other one will really mess up your roll.
;^)
Thanks Jay
A very useful tip. Nothing like grabbing that tube that has been on your shelf only slightly used for months and its cured. Always happens when you need it the most.—Rich
One word
TIME!! it will come off as your skin grows. May take a day or so.
I’d have to get into greenland rolls!
It’s almost all gone now…not quite, but almost.
Thanks everyone (well, almost everyone) for your advice.
Lyn
MSDS
Even if the MSDS is not on line they have to send you one if you ask. I’d make them pay the postage just on principle. However, it probably won’t help you figure out how to get it off.
If I find my tube, it is going in the freezer. Thanks.
MSDS sheets are practically useless
http://members.aol.com/waveskis/Msds.jpg
Except for information on how to clean up spills or put out fires.
I’m a chemist, at the last company where I worked the legal department wrote the MSDS as a form letter, all of the drug substances we shipped had essentially the same form with minor changes. It was a good idea but the execution of the law has been perverted.
Mineral spirits is the active ingredient
in gojo. It will remove silicone and is(of course) very poisionous. It cleans the hands when nothing else will.