On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 08:38 PM, Jim Ford wrote:
MEK is really nasty stuff and a precursor to
Gasoline is worse, but...
MEK is listed as a precursor... but a lot of industrial chemicals are precursors... and despite being listed... it produced, and used in vast quantities, in the U.S.
Model airplane "glue" (actually solvent welding, not gluing) has it, plumbing "glue" has it (dido of welding plastic pipe)... it's used in a lot of products sold to the public.
If plumbers and kids can handle it... well...
It's not "particularly good" at dissolving the black epoxy potting compound, after it's cured... but, depends which epoxy was used... and given a long time... it might dissolve it.
Acetone works better. (But, don't tell your wife of the horrors... or she might have nightmares after she does her nails.)
