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Re: Strip: Need help. ive alot of bubles under my
By:paul killen
Date: 5/29/2012, 7:11 am

: Fuunily enough paul, thats where im actuly from. I grew up in
: belfast but have been living in mayo for 10 yrs now. Get on that
: camel and head west because i could do with another set of
: hands,lol. As for you taking of the glass, did you use a heat
: gun at all. Ive got an aul scrap piece of glassed ply , ill take
: my heat gun to it and will see how it comes off and if its easy
: enough to do. Ill remove one side of my glass right up to my
: keel line then redo it .

Hi Tommy
I used a hot air gun and gently heated a small spot until I was able to get a scraper under it then worked out from the starting point. It was easy enough, if in doubt go slowly at it and dont force the scraping, it will just dig into the wood. wait until the heat does its job and soften the glass. DONT heat one point, keep the heat moving in the local area.
I get the feel that a northern contingent of strip builders will be landing in Sneem soon.lol

Id be happy to pop down to see how youre getting on and if I can help I'd be more than happy to do so. Its always easier to make mistakes on some elses boat than your own lol (only joking)

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Strip: Need help. ive alot of bubles under my glass *PIC*
tommy lee -- 5/27/2012, 6:36 am
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tommy lee -- 5/27/2012, 6:38 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/27/2012, 2:44 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/27/2012, 2:56 pm
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tommy lee -- 5/28/2012, 6:18 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/28/2012, 7:39 am
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John VanBuren -- 5/28/2012, 9:04 am
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tommy lee -- 5/28/2012, 5:12 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 5/28/2012, 7:27 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 5/28/2012, 7:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2012, 12:54 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/28/2012, 9:24 am
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tommy lee -- 5/28/2012, 5:10 pm
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dave g -- 5/28/2012, 10:30 pm
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paul killen -- 5/29/2012, 5:02 am
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tommy lee -- 5/29/2012, 5:52 am
Re: Strip: Need help. ive alot of bubles under my
paul killen -- 5/29/2012, 7:11 am
Re: Strip: Need help. ive alot of bubles under my
Etienne Muller -- 5/29/2012, 1:00 pm
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tommy lee -- 5/29/2012, 3:14 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/30/2012, 6:38 am
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paul killen -- 5/30/2012, 6:56 am
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tommy lee -- 5/30/2012, 12:51 pm
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steve pollack -- 5/28/2012, 8:47 am
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steve pollack -- 6/15/2012, 5:47 am