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Old 09-14-2009, 06:44 PM
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I had some 30 min. epoxy drip down on my side window. How can I remove it without scratching up the window?
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Is the side window plastic or glass??? If it's plastic your pretty much stuck with it as I don't know of anyway to get it off. If it's glass you can use a heat gun to soften up the epoxy in order to get it off.

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Is this a side window on your vehicle or model? You can try a small soldering iron on the epoxy. It will crystalize the epoxy and you can chip it off. (carefully)
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Thanks guys. This is on a model and it is plastic.
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You can try to bend the plastic window slightly or even try to peel the epoxy off.....there shouldn't be a great bond as the epoxy can't penetrate the plastic
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ORIGINAL: jetmech05

You can try to bend the plastic window slightly or even try to peel the epoxy off.....there shouldn't be a great bond as the epoxy can't penetrate the plastic

Ding, ding,ding! Give that man a free plane! Jetmech05 is right on. I use a piece of plastic to mix my Epoxy,and when it dries and hardens, I just bend it a little and it peals right off. It will work for your canopy.


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I kept picking at it with my finger nail and it finally popped off. Great tips guys.

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