44. Epoxy's silver bullet (shorts tip)

**Make Things** · Sep 22, 2022, 06:33 AM

**tonyfoale** · Sep 29, 2022, 02:38 PM

It is just the alcohol in it. Plain alcohol works better because it is not diluted with the other stuff in the hand gel.

**Make Things** · Sep 29, 2022, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by tonyfoale

It is just the alcohol in it. Plain alcohol works better because it is not diluted with the other stuff in the hand gel.

Of course it’s the alcohol. Most people don’t have a bottle of rubbing alcohol sitting around but hand sanitizer is much easier to have on a workbench.

**Jon** · Sep 29, 2022, 02:55 PM

I've heard Everclear works very well, but I haven't tried it. Isopropyl alcohol works too, and a common spray bottle head mates with the threads of an iso alcohol bottle. Acetone is very effective, but you're not exactly supposed to slather it on your skin. Plunger cans are nice for dispensing, but they're not airtight enough for acetone. All are flammable, so you have to be mindful if you're using a torch to clarify epoxy.

A squirt of hand sanitizer on a crumpled paper towel works nicely to start a fire in a fireplace or woodstove.

**Make Things** · Sep 29, 2022, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

I've heard Everclear works very well, but I haven't tried it. Isopropyl alcohol works too, and a common spray bottle head mates with the threads of an iso alcohol bottle. Acetone is very effective, but you're not exactly supposed to slather it on your skin. Plunger cans are nice for dispensing, but they're not airtight enough for acetone. All are flammable, so you have to be mindful if you're using a torch to clarify epoxy.

A squirt of hand sanitizer on a crumpled paper towel works nicely to start a fire in a fireplace or woodstove.

And a blowtorch works even better. ��