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What Dissolves Silicon Grease?

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The solvent to use is: Denatured Alcohol. AKA Rubbing Alcohol. It is safe on most pen materials.

No, it's not!

 

Alcohol attacks all sorts of plastic!

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Diluted dish liquid detergent.

 

You can easily clean a smear of silicon grease from your hand with a very small amount of dish liquid detergent and washed/rinsed off with water. Using luke warm water would be better.

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This may seem hair-brained (nothing new from me) but applying a dry, absorbent material (something for which silicon grease has a greater affinity than the surface it is on) might be a good first step before resorting to strong detergents and solvents: e.g., rubbing something like cornstarch on to the 'contaminated' surface, then brushing off the cornstarch.

 

I worked in garages when I was in school, and we routinely used sawdust (and sawdust mixed with various additives) to remove grease and oil from floors. Perhaps something similar might be a gentler way to go about cleaning up silicon grease than just solvents and detergents.

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Some materials, yes it will cause damage.

 

Try lighter fluid if you can't find Octane or Hexanes.

How come no one ever mentions pentane in this context?

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What do you guys think about isopropyl? Maybe worth a try?

Isopropyl is otherwise known as "rubbing alcohol" here. It will harm celluloid and cellulose acetate, among other plastics.

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