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How do I remove Suncure from my hands?

Postby Bad Beat Maker » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:42 pm

I got suncure on my fingertips and I've gotten some off through hardcore scrubbing but anything else to make it come off faster?
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Postby isaluteyou » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:49 pm

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Postby dougirwin13 » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:57 pm

Yeah - don't use it in the first place.

Problem solved.

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Postby boco rio » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:18 am

Ding repair 101, always use latex gloves when working with resins or epoxy.
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Postby Bad Beat Maker » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:45 am

Yea I know about Latex gloves now, but what if I didn't. :-(
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Postby boardofwork » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:19 am

I've worked with resin a fair amount making canoes and repairing boats. If you've left it to cure on your hands, it won't come off. The only thinner that could possibly help is acetone, and you don't really want to expose your hands to that for more than a couple of seconds as its pretty vicious stuff. Just leave it a day or two and it will go.
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Postby Bad Beat Maker » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:37 pm

thx boardofwork
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Postby nsidla » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:37 pm

dude try acetone or nail polish remover, that stuff removes anything
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Postby boardofwork » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:49 am

A quick warning to people. Acetone is one of the most powerful solvents you can buy. If you use it on your hands too much you will end up looking like a leper!! Acetone will only remove resin before it cures or if it is still 'green' (if you are lucky!). Once resin has set, it is a plastic. Given that acetone is often sold in plastic bottles, this will explain why it is unlikely to work! Nail polish remover works as it is a dilute form of acetone anyway, so if acetone has not worked, don't bother with nail polish remover and vice versa. If you are really desperate, go to a chandlers that stocks blakes boat paints and ask for the thinner for two pot epoxy paint (I think it's thinners number 2?). It is more lethal than acetone, but still will not work once the resin has cured.
As i said before, if you leave the resin on your hands, it will more than likely be gone in a couple of days as you shed your skin naturally anyway!
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Postby Jimi » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:09 pm

Very well said boardofwork.


DON'T just scrub your skin off with acetone. You WILL develop a skin condition.

The resin will wear off surprisingly quickly with normal use of your hands.
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Postby IdRatherBeSurfing » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:16 pm

at least now you wont leak :snigger:
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:36 pm

IdRatherBeSurfing wrote:at least now you wont leak :snigger:



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dont know why but that is pretty funny...
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Postby Bad Beat Maker » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:53 pm

Okay guys, don't know if this was just coincidence and it was already to get off, but I was drunk and looked at my Suncured hands and decided to just try something and put toothpaste (Colgate whitenening strips - mint) on my hands and scrub away with a lufa (sp). It actually all came off.

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Postby boardofwork » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:16 pm

Hmmmmm... I guess i forgot to mention that sandpaper also works!
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Postby RJD » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:43 pm

lol


Toothpaste is a mild abrasive, you can use it to buff out scratches on things. Sandpaper, files & blowtorch would also work...
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Postby jethrodog » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:39 pm

...chainsaw...
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Postby Bad Beat Maker » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:58 pm

lol :)
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Postby tomcat360 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:39 pm

I definately second everything said about acetone being some nasty stuff. Which brings up my next topic....


Any polyester resin, WEAR A RESPIRATOR!!!

Other wise, school will be a pain in the ass without brain cells! Seriously, I could tell a huge difference after the summer I started working with fiberglass, where I didn't wear a respirator for a while.
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Postby Bad Beat Maker » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:58 am

tomcat360 wrote:I definately second everything said about acetone being some nasty stuff. Which brings up my next topic....


Any polyester resin, WEAR A RESPIRATOR!!!

Other wise, school will be a pain in the ass without brain cells! Seriously, I could tell a huge difference after the summer I started working with fiberglass, where I didn't wear a respirator for a while.


Haha, sounds like me after many months of hitting the bong. With tobacco of course. :twisted:
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Postby keef » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:00 pm

rub your hands in the sand on the beach after doing a repair before the resin goes off. It's wot I do. works a treat, and if you've seen my other posts, I'm a musician playing bass guitar for a living, so i kinda need my fingers in working order.
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