> OK what cheap solvent dissolves potting epoxy? I'd love to
> know. Even the vicious stuff I've tried goes nowhere (fuming
> nitric acid for instance).

Methylene chloride can attack epoxy. It breaks down most alkyd
and emulsion paints and resins. Often sold in a spreadable form
(like wallpaper paste) as general paint stripper. I think the filler is
cellulose or aerogel, something like that. It goes after paint films
pretty quickly and vigourously, not sure about the time needed to
eat through a block of epoxy. ISTR some organic sulphides can
damage epoxy too. That's starting to get into haz-mat territory,
although getting a good whiff of methylene chloride is no picnic

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