MotorHead

The only way I have been doing it is cutting it off with a razor is there another way to get that crap off ? Chemicals, dynamite ? :D

7t2vette

Scrape, scrape, and then scrape some more! I think laquer thinner might work. How are your plans for your motor coming along? Any progress yet?

Chinaski

i used a razor too...then some steel wool and sand paper...that stuff is a PITA!

Desertdawg

plain ole' elbow grease. :seeya

Jvette73

After scraping the majority with a blade I sometimes use a small wire wheel on a drill or dremel or other roto tool to get remaining material off. Be carefull on aluminum with high speed tools since its softer and can be distorted.

Edzred72

Good advise...but if your working around an open engine, cover all passageways. (open cylinders, intake ports etc) Those wires on the wheel come off and go flying.
Eddie
P S. Brake cleaner melts RTV pretty well.


[Modified by Silvr77, 8:04 AM 4/1/2003]

vettfixr

Run down to your local auto parts store and get a gasket cleaning set made by 3M. This is an adapter and a set of "cookies" that are used to clean gasket surfaces. the cookies are a scotchbrite type material and come in fine to coarse grades. you can use them in a drill or a die grinder. They'll polish the metal surface and remove any contaminants. Also good for spot removal of paint. You can also get sandpaper cookies in various grades. I've used these to remove weld splatter on the frme and for feathering the edge of fiberglass repairs. As said before cover anything that you don't want dirt to go in. Here's a link http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/e...er/output_html


[Modified by vettfixr, 9:42 AM 4/1/2003]


[Modified by vettfixr, 9:44 AM 4/1/2003]

BeaterShark

I use a razor first, then a scotch brite pad. I use the rust-colored pad and scrub by hand.

MotorHead

Thanks gonna try that 3M stuff. Bruce the 406 is moving slowly as I am looking for good deals on the crank, rods etc. I have enough work with 355 putting in the nitrous cam intake etc.

kael

UPDATE: From The Future
For those noting this thread, Permatex now offers an RTV Dissolver.
https://www.permatex.com/products/ga...one-dissolver/

I'll update after I try it in the next few days.

Easy Mike

This thread is fifteen years old. You might want to open a new thread.

Red86Z51

Personally, I've never cared how old a thread is, nor was I ever bothered by it being revisited years later...especially if the thread topic and information in the thread is pertinent, relevant, and still current.

I say let the thread remain. I'd like to hear how kael's experience with this product works. I'm sure others will find his results useful as well.



Dave

derekderek

There are times it is irritating. Sometimes there are 3 pages of old content to get to a newbie's question. This is an answer some need and the thread is not excessively long...

Big2Bird

That's why we have to search 15,000,000,000 Threads.

jimvette999

Reviews say it's crap, Jello consistency and works only on the thinnest of smears. Complaints that it's difficult to apply and worthless as **** on a boar hog.

vettfixr

Talk about Deja Vue. On the bright side I'm glad that I'm still around and kicking.

Lagonia

I use Xylol (you can pick it up in Lowe's, Home Depot, Menards etc) and let it sit for a few minutes - it does not quite dissolve it 100% but it turns it into mush and it is much easier to remove

kael

As others noted, adding an extra bit of info to an old thread mainly helps others out there searching for an answer to a problem. CF is a great knowledge base. I was looking for RTV removal, found this thread. Maybe marking a new post as "not new" would be useful to add to the forums. Or "update", something like that.

Anyway, nice to see the review of the Dissolver, should have looked for that. Another bad bit, for me, was finding the stuff, no local place carried it (in Des Moines, IA FYI, not a small town). Could order and wait, but some of us want it NOW.

Blue79

I found that the easiest way to remove silicone sealant is to soak it in gasoline for a few minutes. Brush it on repeatedly or a soak and it will start curling up and lose adhesion. You just have to be patient. Test a piece in a cup of gas.

keithinspace

I just love how the InterWeb, and this forum, is starting to get old enough to have new inventions respond to old problems. And it is interesting to see 15 year old conversations get picked up like they were talked about yesterday.

This is definitely one of the more natural "in context" resurrections of threads I've seen.

That black stuff is like the Devil's dried runny poop, though. Razor scraper, brass wire wheel, and green Scotch Brite. I don't know that there is a magic answer.