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Removing Silicone Adhesive?

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(PeteCresswell) - 27 Apr 2007 02:32 GMT
Anybody got a trick/technique for removing something that's glued
in place with silicone adhesive?  (like the stuff they use to
hold fish tanks together).

Stuff *really* holds up....
I had one flat piece that I managed to get loose with a thin
paint scraper.

But I've got another one (a bow snitch) that's bonded to a series
of 3-D curves and it doesn't look to me like it's coming off with
any means that I currently know of.

I think heat is out of the question because both parts are
fiberglass/poly resin.
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Lew Hodgett - 27 Apr 2007 04:30 GMT
> Anybody got a trick/technique for removing something that's glued
> in place with silicone adhesive?  (like the stuff they use to
> hold fish tanks together).

A hot wire and a Spanish windlass.

Use nichrome wire and a battery to heat it.

Place wire around hatch and take up with windlass.

have fun.

Lew
pesceuomo - 28 Apr 2007 12:38 GMT
Spanish windlass ..... I looked it up!
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/b-p/windlass.htm

Now I've done that a million times and never knew it had a name.

>> Anybody got a trick/technique for removing something that's glued
>> in place with silicone adhesive?  (like the stuff they use to
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> Lew
 
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