How to remove epoxy from the blade?

I noticed a bit of epoxy near scales on a blade after I glued scales and pins to the blade. How should I remove it and not destroy blade's satin finish? Any help?
Thanks a lot for info and sorry for my English
Piter M.
 
Damn... Robert beat me to it!!! The brass rod is softer than your blade (assuming of course that it is heat treated!) si it won't scratch your finish. It may look like it did, but a touch of buff and your back in business.

Hey Robert: Sorry about tuesday. I'll send ya my temporary e-mail; my old one is no longer valid.

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I use a new razor blade and cut dow even with the bolster or scale, then just scrape off the extra epoxy.
'Cuz these old eyes are gettin tired, I do this under a lighted magnifier.

Good luck!

Dave Evans
Tenino, WA

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none of the above.....drop a little wd40 on the epoxy spots, wait a while, and they will slide right off. the acetone trick might work...i wouldnt use much...put it on a q-tip and rub softly....but my money is on wd40.

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OR... If you wipe off all the surrounding areas with simple rubbing alcohol after you epoxy something, it will be clean. Until it's about a day old, epoxy comes off with rubbing alcohol pretty easily.

It's also a lot safer than the alternatives and smells better too.
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When I assemble a pinned handle I wipe WD-40 everywhere I DONT want epoxy to run before clamping it down.. It makes cleanup easier with more WD or Acetone etc.. Although all the other methods mentioned work just as well, its just easier for me this way..

Take Care
Trace Rinaldi
 
Tom, ain't hte handle slabs let go, too, if the WD40 goes there?

Personally i use a chisel made from bamboo. It's easy to sharpen, cheap, quiet hard, flexible and you may even scrape some epoxy from wood, stag or ivory without damaging it.

Achim
 
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