The "Lady" and I

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Squidd

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Sep 26, 2011
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AMF Alcort Paceship PY26 Washburn Wi. Apostle Islands
Finally warmed up around here (at least enough to go out and work on the boat).

Been stripping out the inside, any loose boards, doors, drawers, locker covers, etc that I can take in the shop to work on when it gets cold again, then I plan on scrubbing and cleaning the remaining interior wood work (as weather permits)

Pulled the curtains off the windows (ports?) and found a rope trim "glued" around the openings.. Over the years the rope has hardened, shrunk and is falling off...I pulled the rest of it off, but now am left with "Liquid Nails" construction adhesive on the fiberglass/port edge...

Probably a moot question, but is there anyway to remove the hardened adhesive without damaging port/glass...?

Otherwise I'll probably grind it out/smooth it out the best I can with a Dremel tool and either paint the edge or reapply new rope trim with appropriate adhesive to cover damage...

Open to suggestions...
 

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Nov 23, 2004
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Columbia 8.7 Super wide body Deltaville(Richmond)VA
Google "remove liquid nails" There are several suggested processes for removal. Most involve petroleum based gels or baby oil. Heat gun is also a possible fix.
 

Squidd

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Sep 26, 2011
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AMF Alcort Paceship PY26 Washburn Wi. Apostle Islands
Excellent, There was quite a bit on Google.. I don't know why I didn't check there eariler..

Looks like mineral oil to soften, scrape, and then mineral spirits to clean up...that should be safe on both the fiberglass cabin and port plastic..

I'll give it a try and report results..
 

Squidd

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Sep 26, 2011
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AMF Alcort Paceship PY26 Washburn Wi. Apostle Islands
Mineral Oil softening didn't work.. or maybe I just didn't wait long enough, but the heat gun did the trick..!!

Got material over 140* (per google search) and softened right up, no damage to plastic trim on port and scraper was able to take out Liquid Nails, clear silicone, some of the bedding and some other adhesive the PO had spread around ports (and several other places)...:cussing:

Minimal damage from scraper (much less than I was anticipating from Dremel) final clean up with mineral spirits..

Now I'll be able to get port trim off so I can pull and rebed and hopefully eliminate some of the leakage...
 

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caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
Here is a copy of an earlier post.
Please forgive lousy quality. The solution I used was some leftover Interlux 433.

 
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