removing silicone caulk ?

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Morrie

Anyone have an opinion on what's the best solvent to remove the leftovers of silicone caulking? My chain plates are all leaking. A previous owner gooped silicone caulk all over them and the deck around them. I've already scraped off as much as I can, but I want to make sure the 5200 or LifeCaulk I use to re-bed them will stick well. I'm also getting ready to paint the deck and want to make sure the paint will stick to the areas where I've scraped the silicone off. Also, any opinions on what product to use to bed the chain plates? Thanks, Morrie
 
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Pat McCartin

Rebeding

Morrie, You can try sanding past the silicone. I don't know of anything that will chemicaly emove it. Also...PLEASE don't use 5200. Life Caulk or 101 are much better for this application. Both are sandable and paintable. The best part both are easily removed in the future for rebeding if necessary.
 
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Richard Marble

Try Citrus cleaner

I found a citrus cleaner at Wal mart that takes it off (with some scrubing) I can't remember what its called. The bottle is down to my boat right now. Anyway it says its completely non-toxic comes in a spry bottle similar to a windex bottle. It will soften the caulking so it will come of with a scotch brite pad. I found it in the Automotive section I think.
 
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robby

i hate it when they do that

i don't know if it would work on silicone or if it will damage fiberglass, but we recently used goof off, paint department home depot, to get all kinds of nasty stuff off of a whole house full of molding, and it saved the dude about a 1000 to do it that way. caution !!!!extremely flammable. might damage some things. works great in the right applications. we used over a galon of it so i know it works well. you might try a razor blade on silicone. also if you have an air powered die ginder they make bits that work really well. you might want to redo the guys work; cus it sounds like he does sloppy work. silicone is easy to clean when its wet' when it dries lies the problem. its a good idea to have a lot of clean rags when you use sealers and a putty knife can be helpful also. sometimes i make throwaway knives out of the cheapest wood or plastic available, they help you keep your work clean looking. it really becomes a problem when the customer pays a big bill and the shop d---ss leaves one of those where the boss didn't see it and the customer sees it later.
 
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Dale E. Baker

This Months Practical Sailor

A man writes he contacted 3M about which sealant to use to seal his stainless chainplates. 3M told him their products did not adhere to stainless, and recommended Silaprene, from Uniroyal Adhesives 1-800-899-GLUE. Of course, you still have to get the silicone off.
 
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