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Removing acrylic deposits from glassware

Removing acrylic deposits from glassware

Removing acrylic deposits from glassware

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My colleagues left me with some Pyrex beakers that were used to clean parts off of our stereolithography machine. The inside of the beakers now have residue left behind after the isopropyl alcohol evaporated that is a bear to remove. Any ideas on how to clean it off easily?

The resin is EnvisionTec's Perfactory R5 material which is some variant of acrylic.

RE: Removing acrylic deposits from glassware

Acrylics convert to 100% monomer when heated so they vanish with no residue. I can't be sure in your case as we don't know the formulation and whether it's cross-linked but Pats idea is worth trying.

Chris DeArmitt PhD FRSC CChem

RE: Removing acrylic deposits from glassware

(OP)
Thanks Pat & Chris. I ended up just using Acetone and a little "elbow grease" to remove the residual acrylic. The answer was staring me in the face this morning in the medicine cabinet when I saw my wife's nail polish remover.

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