Removing old sealant compounds

[mrbodge]

When you need to remake a joint and have to remove the old sealants (combinations of teflon tape, jet blue, fernox, etc) what do you do?

The way I have been doing it was to use a cotton bud soaked in acetone to wipe around with, which worked well until I ran out of acetone. I then used wire brush to get the worst out and wire wool followed by a cloth to finish off.

What's the best way to go about it? And any good ideas for getting that green sealant gunk off my wire brush (i.e. a substance to soak it in).

 

[greemyamochop]

Buy a new one tight arse theyre only a pound or so!!! haha

Seriously i use a stanley to get the tape off and wire brush the sealant off if needed

 

[mrbodge]

Buy a new one tight a**e theyre only a pound or so!!! haha

It was a series of connected parts, the sealant was on a part I didn't want to remove.

However I am a tight a**e

Seriously i use a stanley to get the tape off and wire brush the sealant off if needed

Like me then, cept if you got a bit of acetone with cotton buds that works nicely indeed. Rubbing alcohol might even, but acetones easy enuf to get, bit pricey if you buy it from a pharmacy but I bet there's industrial suppliers, I think fibreglass people use it.

 

[muggles]

Acetone is available very cheaply off eBay...

 

[greemyamochop]

It was a series of connected parts, the sealant was on a part I didn't want to remove.

However I am a tight a**e

actually meant the brush!!!! seems you are indeed

 

[hammerswinger]

Nick your birds nail varnish remover as it contains mostly Acetone.

Cheers.

 

[mrbodge]

Get the acetone from fibreglass or eBay like poster above says then pour into the little pharmacy bottles for easy carrying around.