Arkansas stone vs Epoxy

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I have a soft Arkansas stone that originally came in a wooden box. The box has long since disappeared and I'm left with a stone with a blob of epoxy on one side. I doubt that I will ever wear this stone out, but I would like to be able to use both sides of the stone. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can remove the epoxy/glue residue?:)
 
Something like Goo-Gone or 3M's adhesive remover maybe? The 3M stuff is quite potent, be sure ot use it outdoors. Otherwise maybe scrape/sand off the epoxy?

I'm not sure what type of effects the 3M adhesive remover will have on an arkansas stone, but I doubt it'll have much effect.
 
Are you sure it is epoxy? A lot of production stuff is done with hot melt glue. If it is rubbery it is hot melt. If it is hard and brittle it is most likely epoxy.

If it is hot melt, try soaking in paint thinner for a spell, then scraping it off with something like a putty knife.

If it is epoxy, you might try soaking in paint remover in a covered container for a day or so. That should soften it so you can scrape it off with a paint scraper. Clean the stone with paint thinner unless the stripper is water-based. Buck268's adhesive remover might work also.
An alternate method would be to sand off the epoxy. Use a sanding block so that you sand the epoxy and not the stone. Be very careful.

I do not advise heating the stone.
 
You only need to heat the knife up around the boiling point of water, I've used a pot of boiling water to get epoxy off of things before, I just drop it in for a few moments, doesn't seem like it'd hurt the stone...?
 
Boiling water would be OK. I was concerned about heating with a hot plate or a flame and having residual oils in the stone catch fire.
 
Thank's for the suggestions. The residue is hard, so I'll assume it's epoxy.
I'll try heating it up in some hot water and see what happens.
 
Rozen said:
I have heard that epoxy can be kicked by acethone.
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Depends on the epoxy. Some of the 5-minute epoxies that are sold in hardware stores are less robust and may be affected by soaking in acetone.

The high strength epoxies that are sold will sit in acetone all day long fat dumb and happy.
 
Acetone is usually used to clean up epoxy before it dries, small pieces I know can be dissolved but it won't do anything that I know of to larger globs of epoxy.
 
It took a while, but I finally got around to addressing my Epoxy problem.

I put the stone in a small pan and set it on the stove to heat up, simmer like a stew. Left in on the heat for about an hour, (actually forgot about it).

It worked great! The Epoxy peeled right off. As a bonus, the oil I was using also boiled away and left me with a nice clean stone. The Epoxy left a slight discoloration, but it doesn't affect the cutting ability of the stone. I'm a happy camper.

Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions.
Dreamer, in the Arid-Zone.
 
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