Common chemicals that harm Micarta or G10?

[wacki]

I'm curious if there is anything out there that would harm Micarta or G10. Something unexpected. For instance, pour gasoline into a Styrofoam cup and it goes bye bye. It's almost instantaneous. Your skin holds up fine (in the short term), but Styrofoam dissolves right before your eyes. Is there anything that will harm Micarta or G10? I doubt anything exists like my Styrofoam example, but I'd figure I'd ask if there is something even remotely similar.


Because of the cellulose structure, I assume bleach will harm Micarta but not G10?

There are chemicals out there that will etch glass. I get that. Most of those are pretty exotic and you wouldn't come near them without serious protective gear. I'm not looking for extreme answers like "nitric acid" or "Fluoroantimonic acid" which eats just about everything.

 

[knarfeng]

G10 is glass fiber in epoxy resin, by definition of the specification from which it takes its name.
Micarta can be any number of resins these days, but is normally phenolic or epoxy.

Both epoxy and phenolic are resistant to:
Alcohols - such as rubbing alcohol or whiskey
Glycols - such as you might find in radiator fluid
Naphtha-type such as kerosene or gasolene
ketones - such as acetone or MEK
oils such as engine oil.

So, no, neither will dissolve like a Styrofoam cup.