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We have a plywood partition in our boat that has had some sort of
vinyl covering stuck to part of it and has laminate on another part.
We'd like to remove all of this and clean up the surface of the
plywood so that it's presentable.

What's the best/easiest way to remove the residue of what looks like
pretty standard contact adhesive that's left after pulling off the
vinyl and the laminate? It's an area of maybe a square metre or so.

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We have a plywood partition in our boat that has had some sort of
vinyl covering stuck to part of it and has laminate on another part.
We'd like to remove all of this and clean up the surface of the
plywood so that it's presentable.

What's the best/easiest way to remove the residue of what looks like
pretty standard contact adhesive that's left after pulling off the
vinyl and the laminate? It's an area of maybe a square metre or so.

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Acetone is pretty good at dissolving glue.
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We have a plywood partition in our boat that has had some sort of
vinyl covering stuck to part of it and has laminate on another part.
We'd like to remove all of this and clean up the surface of the
plywood so that it's presentable.

What's the best/easiest way to remove the residue of what looks like
pretty standard contact adhesive that's left after pulling off the
vinyl and the laminate? It's an area of maybe a square metre or so.

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Chris Green


Acetone is pretty good at dissolving glue.


It is BUT its super super volatile.

which means a LOT of fumes and a LOT of acetone that doesn't actually
stay around long enough to do much.

I find it most useful for getting superglue out if things its shouldn;t
be in. It is one opvf very few solvents that will dissolve
cynaoacrylate. BUT it helps if you can do it in a sealed container.



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We have a plywood partition in our boat that has had some sort of
vinyl covering stuck to part of it and has laminate on another part.
We'd like to remove all of this and clean up the surface of the
plywood so that it's presentable.


What's the best/easiest way to remove the residue of what looks like
pretty standard contact adhesive that's left after pulling off the
vinyl and the laminate? It's an area of maybe a square metre or so.


Acetone is pretty good at dissolving glue.


But will likely be just as good at dissolving the glue in the plywood too.
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On 16/04/2012 16:21, Ian Jackson wrote:
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Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/04/2012 16:37, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:40:21 +0100,
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What's the best/easiest way to remove the residue of what looks like
pretty standard contact adhesive that's left after pulling off the
vinyl and the laminate?

Angle Grinder.

Seriously I don't think there is anything that will shift it and
leave a presentable surface afterwards. Probably easier to replace
the partition with a new one or reface it.

ISTR xylene or Hammerite thinner (for the old Hammerite) will soften it
(eg Evostick) enough to lift it off with a sharp wood chisel and a
steady hand. There is a real risk of collateral damage and/or being
overcome by fumes in a confined space.

I have some xylene thinners on the boat - I'll try (remembering to
keep the doors open when I do it).

I'll also try heat as someone else recommended as I have a heat gun
too.

If you do, don't rush it (so you don't just soften the surface of the
glue). Try to warm it evenly the all the way through to the wood, so
it's like soft-ish toffee (not totally melted). With a wallpaper
scraper, you may then be able to ease most of it off without using any
solvent, and save the solvent just to (more-or-less) erase the mark it
leaves behind.


The other thing that might work is to use Sellotape or a reasonably
strong parcel tape to stick onto the softened adhesive. Then when you
pull it off with a bit of luck you bring the gunge off with the tape.

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