Usually liberal use of portable hot air jets softens the adhesive enough to separate a joint. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of lduso - Diamond-MT.com Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Removing epoxy adhesive 2216 Ouch, that's going to hurt. Try Techspray 2510P to soften it up. Also, a Dremel tool with a small engraving bit. Use caution as the Techspray is tetrahydrofuran, nasty stuff. Lloyd Duso Diamond-MT Plant Manager (814) 535-3505 www.Diamond-mt.com On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Watson, Howard A <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We have to salvage 2 15-pin Micro-D connectors from a flex board, to > use on a new board. The de-soldering can be achieved, but they are > also bonded with 3M(tm) Scotch-Weld(tm) Epoxy Adhesive 2216, and this > is pretty strong stuff. Our tech is very skilled, but has concerns > about damaging the connector (Glenair GMR7580C-15S2EB-429F), as this is for space application. > These are long lead parts, so doing this is undesirable, but a last resort. > Do any of you have suggestions for removing this adhesive? Thanks in > advance for you help! > > Howard A. Watson > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or > [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________