Dissolving Silicone Sealer?
@#$%^&! lights. Glass Fresnel dome lens. Countersunk into aluminum housing. No way to do a tight 90 degrees (1/32") with a knife. I need to DISSOLVE the blue silicone sealant someone so unwisely se...
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No personal experience here, but I've read comments elsewhere that acetone will clean up the gummy residue of silicone. So if you fill the thing with acetone, I'd guess it could loosen the bond enough to let you unscrew the lens and then scrape off the rest of the bead. Other folks have used De-Solv-It, contractor grade version. Of course, I don't know if the solvent would mess up the lens.
