RTV Remover (Update)

[GeeBee]

Had to remove a glass lens from a nav light held in with clear RTV. I was afraid of breaking the lens so I was hunting for something that dissolved RTV/Silicon. There is a lot of expensive stuff, around 40 dollars for 16 ounces. Then I discovered this stuff from Motorcraft. It is on Amazon for 20 dollars a can. It really works. It usually takes 2 applications let it sit for about a day and the silicon will be weakened enough to easily pull off the part. I heard WD-40 works but not really and not as good as this stuff. 

[Ragsf15e]

14 hours ago, GeeBee said:

Had to remove a glass lens from a nav light held in with clear RTV. I was afraid of breaking the lens so I was hunting for something that dissolved RTV/Silicon. There is a lot of expensive stuff, around 40 dollars for 16 ounces. Then I discovered this stuff from Motorcraft. It is on Amazon for 20 dollars a can. It really works. It usually takes 2 applications let it sit for about a day and the silicon will be weakened enough to easily pull off the part. I heard WD-40 works but not really and not as good as this stuff. 

That’s good to hear.  And it didn’t damage the plastic lens?

[GeeBee]

7 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

That’s good to hear.  And it didn’t damage the plastic lens?

Cannot speak to plastic, the lens was glass. I am going to do some tests on plastic.

[GeeBee]

Ok, tried it on grey plastic on my Garmin marine radio. Lots of silicon goop in there and it did not craze or deform.

[A64Pilot]

Other than gas I didn’t think anything dissolved silicone