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Title: Calling all knife builders
Post by: J. Holden on October 27, 2010, 05:55:00 PM

I have a question, I'm putting together my first two knives from some blades I aquired through a trade.  So I epoxied the wood to one side of the two blades.  The epoxy is curing in a white color.  What can I use to clean the epoxy up?  Especially the one blade has some pretty tool work on the edges of the handle and that filled with epoxy.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

-Jeremy   :coffee:

P.S.  If it matters I think the epoxy is MT-5, slow cure.

Title: Re: Calling all knife builders
Post by: TheBigRedArcher on October 27, 2010, 06:18:00 PM

Acetone, works good but you need to be careful as too much can ruin the epoxy and make the scale come off.

TBRA

Title: Re: Calling all knife builders
Post by: J. Holden on October 28, 2010, 10:04:00 AM

Thanks for the tip.  I'll give it a try.

-Jeremy  :coffee:

Title: Re: Calling all knife builders
Post by: Jason Jelinek on October 28, 2010, 05:51:00 PM

I thought MT-5 cures opaque/white/yellow.  Isn't that used for takedown hardware?  I've used DevCon and G2 epoxy and they cure clear (maybe with a yellowish tint).

Title: Re: Calling all knife builders
Post by: J. Holden on October 30, 2010, 09:11:00 AM

I mis-typed, it's smooth-on.  It's a two part epoxy.  I still have to try acetone.  It cured bright white.  We'l see.

-Jeremy