remove 3M 5200

[Steven R]

Being somewhat anxious to get some use out of my recently built epoxy and fiberglass over plywood boat before another New England winter, I put off painting and varnishing until the off-season (storing in the shop to minimize UV damage).

Now that the off-season is fast approaching (boo, hiss!!), I need to remove the oar locks and cleats to do the finish work. These were set in a base of 3M 5200. What is the recommended approach for removing these? The hardware will later be re-installed.

Steven

[TimH]

A real sharp razor blade smile.gif

[Wayne Jeffers]

If it were me, I'd probably paint around them. (And I'd make a mental note to never use 5200 on something I was likely to want to remove in the future. ;) )

If you really need to get them off, an electric heat gun on the oarlock may have possibilities.

Wayne

[Steven R]

So what your telling me is that, once again, I shouldn't have listened to the sales person at Waste Marine. I will learn.

[Ed Harrow]

ROTFLMHO, repeat after me, I hate 5200, I hate 5200...

Steve, sometime back I commented on ~6300 lbs of ballast hanging on nothing more than 5200...

Try using some piano wire, like a cheese cutter. Wrap each end a bunch of times around some hefty dowls, get a volunteer for the other end and saw away.

Remember, 5200 is forever.

[Brook Hamilton]

Slightly off-topic, but since the comment was posted.....

Please enlighten me as to what ROTFLMHO means. I thought I had average intelligence in deciphering abreviations but I give up - I am stumped.

My only experience with 5200 is not good. We used it to bed winches to a deck once, and after it set up you could remove the bolts and the winches would still work fine. They were definitely glued for good. It would not have been a fun job to reposition the winches if one ever had to.

[NormMessinger]

Heat.

Or so I was told. And I don't think they ment to burn the boat away from the 5200. Just enough to make it soft.

[Concordia..41]

ROTFLMHO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off (There are a couple of variations, but that's the gist.)

I can't say I've tried it, but I think 5200 is pretty resistant to heat. It might also give a false sense of security and make a person think they were making progress only to pry too hard and pull out a chunk of wood - can you say Dutchman???

My vote's for a sharp blade. It will cut. The piano wire sounds like a good idea.

BTW - 5200 is not forever, especially someplace like the stanchion bases on my little 22' daysailer that we completely rebedded in 1997. Yeah, someplace that you really don't want to replace or have leak ever!!! Nah, 6 years later the stuff looks like old cheese and leaks like a freaking seive!! Sod's Law at it's finest :rolleyes: ;)

[ 09-22-2003, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: Concordia..41 ]

[Russell Sova]

Hold that right there, on the vertizuncle......A.Bunker

[Steven R]

Doing the finish work around the hardware is starting to look like less of a project.