Rick, I have had the same thing happen and I use heat to loosen the epoxy. I have also used heat to remove reelseats. I took a porcelan light fisture and mounted it in the bottom of my drying cabinet and put a 150 watt light bulb in it. When I need to remove a reelseat, I simple sit the reel seat on the top of the light bulb for a few minutes and it comes right off. a heat gun will do the job as well but I doubt the hair dryer will generate enough heat to get the job done.