How to Remove Two Part Epoxy

Non-cured Epoxy

• 1

  Put on gloves to protect your hands from the epoxy.

• 2

  Place a paint scraper on the surface at a 45-degree angle. Push the scraper down the length of the wet epoxy to remove it.

• 3

  Clean the paint scraper with lacquer thinner to remove it from the scraper before it dries. Pour lacquer thinner on a shop cloth and rub it on the surface to remove any small traces of the epoxy.

Cured Epoxy

• 4

  Put on gloves to protect your hands.

• 5

  Squeeze the trigger on a heat gun and direct the tip on one edge of the epoxy. Heat the cured adhesive until a paint scraper will push through it. If there is fiberglass cloth on top of the epoxy, heat the area and then pull the cloth up with a pair of pliers. Work in one direction with the heat gun ahead of the pliers to soften the epoxy until the fiberglass cloth is removed.

• 6

  Scrape the epoxy off the surface with a paint scraper at a 45-degree angle until it is removed.

• 7

  Clean the area with lacquer thinner on a shop towel. Clean the scraper with lacquer thinner.

• 8

  Sand the area with sandpaper to remove the small bits of epoxy that are in the fibers of wood or fiberglass.