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Re: Material: Glueing minicell foam
By:Bryan K
Date: 7/5/2012, 8:41 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Glueing minicell foam (John Abercrombie)

: I agree that the glue itself is difficult to remove.
: One trick that I learned from David @ altakayak is to make a curved
: scraper (think Ulu knife) from a scrap of Lexan or plexi (a few
: seconds on the disc sander), and use that to remove glued-on
: foam when necessary. If you've careful you can get the foam off
: (mostly) intact, without scraping the (fiberglass) surface.

All of what you said about spray glue is true John. I recently tried to replace some minicell for someone while at symposium (where I had no access to my usual tools or contact cement) and had to use the 77. I could not get a good coating where I really needed it, and the VOC off gassing was very bad. I also had some overspray even though I masked, the wind was a little gusty. Needless to say it had to be re-done later with contact cement

Bryan K

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Material: Glueing minicell foam
Mike M -- 7/5/2012, 7:16 am
Re: Material: Glueing minicell foam
Bryan K -- 7/5/2012, 9:23 am
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Dan Caouette -- 7/5/2012, 9:28 am
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Mike Bielski -- 7/5/2012, 3:25 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/5/2012, 3:24 pm
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Dave Houser -- 7/5/2012, 3:45 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/5/2012, 5:49 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/5/2012, 5:59 pm
Re: Material: Glueing minicell foam
Bryan K -- 7/5/2012, 8:41 pm
Re: Material: Glueing minicell foam
Brian Nystrom -- 7/6/2012, 6:36 am