On 1/03/2006 igoitz wrote:
>Does anyone know if you can remove spray paint from climbing holds with
>some form of solvent - or
>does it also damage (dissolve) the climbing holds.
>
>All depends on what the holds are made of. If polyester has been used,
>then yes. The solvent would eat the resin. This would not happen if epoxy
>resin was used to make them. Epoxy resin doubles the price of polyester
>resin.
>
Polyester is still fairly resistant. It obviously doesn't like acetones, but it is resilant to caustics, and a certain, certain amount of heat. |