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Re: Strip: I have problems
By:Don T
Date: 4/8/2012, 1:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: I have problems (Mike)

The glue will re-set if it is not washed out of the joints. I have used warm water, a heat gun and razor knife to pry apart some mis-aligned strips and reset them. If I could pry them up/down/sideways without damage additional glue doesn't hurt. Try to get the strips aligned to the forms, filling such a large area with epoxy and fairing it would be an expensive, difficult and messy task. Good stuff that you found it now.

Don T.

: I did an experiment with some scraps that are gued together. I put
: them in a coffee cup with hot tap water and they came apart in
: about 5 minutes. So I think I could put hot water on shop towels
: and lay the towels in place and add more heat with the iron. The
: only problem I see now is there will not be a way to reglue it.
: Once it has dried again maybe I could get some Crazy Glue to
: wick into the joint. Or just leave it since there is only about
: 8" of it.

: Or I just clean up the area and leave it as is. Then fill it with
: epoxy later.

: Mike

Messages In This Thread

Strip: I have problems
Mike -- 4/8/2012, 11:17 am
Re: Strip: I have problems
Mike -- 4/8/2012, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: I have problems
Mike -- 4/8/2012, 12:22 pm
Re: Strip: I have problems
Don T -- 4/8/2012, 1:30 pm
Re: Strip: I have problems
dave g -- 4/8/2012, 2:06 pm
Re: Strip: I have problems
robert l -- 4/8/2012, 6:06 pm
Re: Strip: I have problems
Mike -- 4/9/2012, 7:39 pm