Removing seam sealer

[Mitch]

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I'm sandblasting doors and someone previously used seam sealer along some of the edges. Wha would take the seam sealer off or dissolve it?

Thanks,
Mitch

 

[pooch]

I just scrape it out before blasting.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

A heat gun or propane torch might be a big help.

 

[Mike V. Florida]

Heat gun, I'd worry about too much heat of even fire with a torch.

 

[Droobie]

Pooch is absolutely correct! The only good way is to scrape it or pick it out. sometimes when it has been in there a while and it is old it will harden. That makes for an easy job on cleaning it out. I work with the stuff everyday. Nasty!!!

 

[Seth Swoboda]

I had to use a narrow putty knife and scrape mine out. It was old enough that once you got under it, worked the knife and it came off.

 

[Curt Campbell]

Drill with a wire brush in it works well. Taken off tons of it.

 

[Mitch]

Thanks.

 

[Craig Lewis]

Yes I like Curt's idea. A cheap wire wheel in a drill, keep it very low speed and the sealer peels off with no metal damage.

 

[Popeye31]

Curts idea is best for speed could use a harberfreight grinder with a stiff wire wheel. Works good for me ..

 

[Kurt in NJ]

I use a cheap grinder with an expensive twisted wirewheel --the cheap wirewheels shed too much.