So far, it sounds like no one has actually tried using heat to burn the epoxy. First hand knowledge is best for something like this. I'd be REAL wary of trying heat. The aluminium is going to conduct the heat pretty darn fast. There is foam inside the pylons that will get damaged. I suppose you could replace it. But, what if the heat gets down into the hull, -will it melt or burn the hull's polyester or the foam core? Also, I believe that epoxy is thermosetting,... if so, then it will not melt, but would only burn. I would not recommend trying this on a good hull. It would be interesting to experiment on useless hull that's trash anyway.