Denso EFI potting=ack!

[Tom Cloud]

trust me .... use formaldehyde on epoxy ...

>Most pottings are epoxies, I imagine this is the same.  Although it is a 
>thermoset polymer, enough solvent can do the trick.  Acetone, or even 
>worse, Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) will soften  the epoxy, if as rag wetted 
>with it is placed on top. MEK is particularly nasty, I would wear gloves 
>and an organic vapor mask if I was using the stuff for a long time.  
>Boiling nitric acid will digest epoxy, but that's a bit extreme.  The MEK 
>or acttone will help weaken the potting, but i wouldn't dip it, the 
>actone and MEK dissolve many thermoplastics like ABS.

Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>