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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnm on April 30, 2013, 11:27:52 pm

Title: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: johnm on April 30, 2013, 11:27:52 pm

Does anyone know how to clean cured  sikaflex sealer from fibreglass non skid grooves I've tried thinners, acetone , fibreglass paint stripper ,and it won't even make my cloth go black

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: BDCS on May 01, 2013, 12:22:17 am

Contact sikaflex and ask them. When we replaced the keel band on my mates boat it took ages to wear off his hands - nothing touched it

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: johnm on May 02, 2013, 02:48:54 am

There no known cleaner for cured sikaflex but surley there must be someone on here that has a solution has anyone tried multi solve

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: Kenny83 on May 02, 2013, 07:19:57 pm

http://www.intek-uk.com/nutlock.htm

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: BDCS on May 02, 2013, 07:37:10 pm

Quote from: Kenny83 on May 02, 2013, 07:19:57 pm

http://www.intek-uk.com/nutlock.htm

How does that solve the removal of sikaflex ?

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: Kenny83 on May 02, 2013, 08:05:25 pm

haha, sorry, must have clicked off the page as I copied the url, heres what it should have been....
http://www.intek-uk.com/sealant_remover.htm
don't know if it works or not, it's the first thing that came up on google. Just trying to be helpfull
 ;D

Title: Re: How to clean sikaflex silicone
Post by: BDCS on May 02, 2013, 10:29:48 pm

Screwfix sealant remover did'nt work on sikaflex. My mate got banned from screwfix - they kept telling him it was'nt a dating agency  ::)roll