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Re: Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns
By:george jung
Date: 1/18/2011, 12:12 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns (Paul G. Jacobson)

: Get a piece of aluminum foil about a foot square. Fold it in half
: and set it over the form and your reease tape. Hopefully it will
: divert enough heat so your tape doesn't melt. f you end up
: stapling the strip in place and trap the foil, just tear it off
: neatly or let the excess stay there to protect the area when you
: heat the next strip. If you get enough epoxy leaking between the
: strips to glue the foil to the inside you can sand it away
: easily. It will be very obvious! It will certainly serve as a
: release layer even if the tape melts away, so you will not have
: your forms glued to your strips.

: PGJ

Good answer. Thanks.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns
george jung -- 1/17/2011, 10:29 pm
Re: Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/17/2011, 11:28 pm
Re: Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns
george jung -- 1/18/2011, 12:12 am
Re: Strip: perils and pitfalls of heatguns
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 1:36 am