Epoxy Solvent?

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I recently purchased a used shotgun in which the previous owner glued a Williams rifle sight to the barrel. I removed the sight but there is still glue/epoxy left on the barrel, the barrel is parkerized I believe. What can I use to remove the remaining dried epoxy from the gun?
 
Methylene Chloride will remove epoxy. I don't know about the finish of the gun--it's some potent stuff. Do consider that you will have to soak the part for some time for it to work. Epoxy is generally difficult to remove.

If it is a very small area, you might try Methyl Ethyl Ketone. It's not as effective as Methylene Chloride but is easier to find (any hardware store has this).

Heat also helps the chemicals work, but both are highly flammable, so open flame is out.
 
+1 on heat.

A regular heatgun plus bronze (not steel) wool is pretty

Effective, though a little time consuming.

Both MEK and Methylene chloride are really evil substances

Which you should stay away from if you possibly can.

isher
 
epoxy solvent always sticks to vertical surfaces when applied, eliminating the need for repeated applications and extra man hours dedicated to cleaning, and thereby saving time.
 
I called the an epoxy manufacturer for this very question about 20 years ago. They said "...any substance that relies on heat to cure, also reverses by the same process."

If you use a propane torch, use caution...you will be heating the steel itself. The safest (and fastest way) to remove it is to use a wood burning tool with the flat-edged attachment. In this way, you are mainly heating just the epoxy and believe me you, it strips right off. It burns the epoxy right to a grungy powder.

Geno
 
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