5200 stuck in hair-HELP!

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sailormanbigd

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Jul 24, 2006
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Legnos, Starwind, Regal Mystic 30 cutter, 22 trailer sailor, bow rider NEW PORT RICHEY, FL
HI, yesterday I reinstalled the swing keel on my od25 and some 5200 driped out onto a cardboard i was laying on and got stuck to the back of my head! I was'nt aware of it at the time because I was busy putting it back on the trailer. Now it is dry, and feels the equivalent of a piece of chewing gum stuck to my head with hair matted to it.
Does anyone have a miracle removal technique. I don't have much hair left to begin with, but I don't want to shave my head bald. thanks(i hope) Patrick
 
Roger Long

Roger Long

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Nov 22, 2008
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Endeavour 32 Portland, Maine
Just another reason why all boat owners should be required to get a note from their mother before being allowed to purchase 5200.

I haven't used this stuff which is intended for 5200 but it did an amazing job of removing 30 year old, sun baked, boot top striping tape residue.

http://www.marineformula.com/

Probably would remove your hair, or at least curl it, as well.
 
RAD

RAD

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Jun 3, 2004
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Catalina 30 Bay Shore, N.Y.
Ya gotta cut your hair....it'll grow back and consider this like a war wound
 
Rick Webb

Rick Webb

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Jun 2, 2004
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Hunter 23.5 Fort Walton Yacht Club, Florida
Welcome Aboard Tim Taylor

What is the name of the show "Boat Time" or "Boat Improvement" will the "Tool Girl" wear a bikini?
 
kloudie1

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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Laughing.. If you'd used nickel based anti-sieze on the stainless pin, you'd have that other rite of passage fulfilled too.. How to get that out of my clothes and fingernails, boat shoe soles, and my neighbor's dog's hair !! Have fun with the new hairstyle!
 
Ed Schenck

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Jun 2, 2004
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Hunter 37-cutter, '79 41 23' 30"N 82 33' 20"W--------Huron, OH
Patrick, you didn't! You'll just have to wear your scrubs cap all the time(he is a nurse). Might sail Friday. Can you go?
 
Stu Jackson

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Feb 26, 2004
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Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
Aw, c'mon, guys, this is no laughing matter! Every time we suggest that 5200 has absolutely no place on a boat, we are deluged with nay-sayers who claim it's just fine. Those same folks tell us there are plenty of ways to remove it easily and safely.

Hmm, wonder where they are now?

Anyway, it's not on his boat, it's somewhere else on his person.

Shave and a haircut, two bits...

5200 and a swing keel??? I just can't make the connection...
 
Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Best and quickest and least expensive way is with a pair of scissors. In two weeks the hair will grow back.
 
Ken13559

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Oct 29, 2005
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Hunter Marine 326 303 Singapore
Lots of top challenged ppl wears their topee and gets it blown off in strong gust. I guess you could now recommend they use 5200.
 
Don12364

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Dec 2, 2003
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Hunter 376 Warsash, England --
Hi Sailorman,
Sounds as if you may have 5200 bonded to your scalp and reinforced with your hair rather like a fiberglass laminate.
I would suggest an urgent call to Dow Corning.
Have never heard of a solvent for 5200 and certainly none which would not injure your skin.
Just possibly your wife/partner might pick at it with tweezers and scissors - but don't try to pull it off as the skin will come with it. A surgeon might be able to help - preferably one from a nearby reservation.

Keep us briefed because it could happen to others - and give us all another reason to crow!
 
rpwillia

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Sep 29, 2008
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Catalina 310 #185 Quantico
Difference between a good haircut and a bad one ...

Ross said:
Best and quickest and least expensive way is with a pair of scissors. In two weeks the hair will grow back.
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about a week. Why not consider it an accessory?
 
RECESS

RECESS

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Dec 20, 2003
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Catalina 27 . St. Mary's Georgia
Just feel lucky it is not stuck to your scalp. If all you have to do is cut your hair, you are living a charmed life.
 
kenkindy1

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Jun 3, 2004
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Seaward 24 Indianapolis
Bald is beautiful. It's not a bald spot; it's a solar panel for a sex machine
 
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bffatcat

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Jun 8, 2004
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Pearson 26W Marblehead
5200 in Hair!

That stuff is brutal. I use it only for the joint between my hull & Keel. Lacquer thinner will take a small amount off your hands, but I wouldnt go dumping it on my head. Consider yourself lucky it is not on your scalp and head for the nearest barber shop
 
zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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1976 formosa 41 yankee clipper santa barbara. ca.(not there)
shave it, mon--be like alla amerikana wit da shave head loook--is good under the scrub cap lolo.......also--less windage for sailing----goood luck!!..might consider a dynel tina turner wig in multicolors for fun and something different.......
 
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Gary_H

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Nov 5, 2007
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Cal 2-25 Carolina Beach NC
OH no

Well at least you didn't get up with the card board still stuck to your head.:doh:
 
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