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    Default Cleaning Silicone

    I did a quick search and found nothing pertinent, although I am sure it has been mentioned previously.

    I have silicone on the bathroom floor tiles and SWMBO is not impressed. I tried cleaning it with methylated spirits to no avail.

    What can I use? Acetone perhaps? Any help would be appreciated.

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    One of the quickest ways to turn silicone to jelly is attacking it with petrol, but I'm guessing turps will work as well.

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    I bought "Silicon Remover" from Bunnings. Not sure what's in it but it worked. Turned the silicone to jelly which you scrape off. Took a few goes to get it all, but it got it in the end.
    Cheers, Richard

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    My first thought was Mineral Turps but perhaps you should check on the cartridge as they usually have some mention of clean up method.
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    Default silicone removal

    I also used the bunnings product to clean up and separate class to a fish tank and altho it took time with several applications to penetrate the thicker sections it did work.
    Don't force it, use a bigger hammer.

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    Just an update. I went to Bunnings and had a look at acetone and also the silicone cleaner, and thought that they may be a bit severe on the tiles. The last thing that I want is to make SWMBO unhappy by damaging the tiles.

    So I tried petrol with good results, and also mineral turps. I washed over the area afterwards with methylated spirits to remove some of the oiliness and smell.

    Whilst I still have some marks to come off, it appears to be that the best results are with petrol. Thought that this may help some.

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    If you've got a bead say at a 90 degree join the easiest way to remove it IME is to undercut it with a razor blade and then peel it off.

    Might work for smears on a tile if that was the problem too, but take care not to chip out the glaze.
    Cheers, Ern

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