Acetone
Acetone is a solvent which may be useful for your DIY jobs. In most cases acetone replaces trichlorethylene which is hardly procurable.
Acetone has strong dissolving power.
The main uses are :
• Clean and degrease mechanical parts
• Clean surfaces before painting
• Remove glue residue (before glue drying or curing)
• dilute some paint (car paint ...), varnish, or resins (epoxy and polyester) before application
• Clean utensils (brushes, spray guns ...) after use with the products mentioned above
• stripping some paint after drying (ex: paint inspray)
• peel off stickers
Warning : acetone dissolves some plastics including polystyrene and polycarbonate and can damage painted surfaces, if in doubt do a preliminary test.
