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Re: Help~removing contact cement?
By:John Michne
Date: 4/21/2001, 9:13 am
In Response To: Help~removing contact cement? (Larry C.)

: I'm adding thigh brace keyhole type wings to the cockpit of my Coho. I have
: to remove old contact cement on the underside of my deck where I had
: Minicel glued on with contact cement, so I can glass the wings on. Does
: anyone have a good & quick method of removing the old contact cement?
: I have tried scraping and acetone. The scraping just rolls the cement
: around and the acetone takes forever. Has anyone ever tried any automotive
: products like Goof-off? I don't want to degrade the epoxy.

: Thanks,
: Larry C.

Larry - As a last resort, try toluene or xylene. Both are solvents for contact cement, but are nasty stuff - flammable, poison, toxic, and probably causes cancer in rats when they are fed the stuff. - John

Messages In This Thread

Help~removing contact cement?
Larry C. -- 4/21/2001, 8:12 am
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
Erez -- 4/21/2001, 11:43 am
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
Larry C. -- 4/21/2001, 3:20 pm
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
Rehd -- 4/21/2001, 9:38 am
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
John Monfoe -- 4/22/2001, 5:12 am
Re: Easiest way to remove contact cement.
Steve L -- 4/21/2001, 6:49 pm
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
daren neufeld -- 4/21/2001, 2:30 pm
Re: Help~removing contact cement?
John Michne -- 4/21/2001, 9:13 am