What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays, etc...

"woodglass" wrote in message
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What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays,
etc...


You can get "silicone sealant eater" that is specifically for this. Never
used it myself though.

What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays,
etc...

You can get solvent, although it is expensive and not very effective and is
best used to get the last bits off after mechanical removal of the bulk
(i.e. using Stanley knife).

Christian.

woodglass wrote:
What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays, etc...


If its set, a scalpel.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
woodglass wrote:
What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays, etc...


If its set, a scalpel.

Aplogies for slight thread hi-jack but I have a very similar problem;
I'm trying to remove a shower screen from a tiled wall. It looks like
the original owner applied a nice thick bead of silicone sealant to the
wall and then butted the extrusion which forms the frame of the shower
screen up to it, then screwed the frame to the wall. I've removed all
the screws and the frame is still very, very firmly attached to the
wall. I've tried applying the proper remover, and acetone, to the
visible edge of the sealant, but it's doing diddly. The only other
option I can think of are applying moderate heat to the area ( i.e.
hair dryer) and trying to shove a wallpaper stripper between the frame
and the tiles.

Anyone got any other bright ideas, or shall i just burn the house down
& start from scratch..:-///

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I'm trying to remove a shower screen from a tiled wall. It looks like
the original owner applied a nice thick bead of silicone sealant to the
wall and then butted the extrusion which forms the frame of the shower
screen up to it, then screwed the frame to the wall.

....

Anyone got any other bright ideas, or shall i just burn the house down
& start from scratch..:-///

I seem to recall that the approach for this is to try to cut the
sealant with wire, pretty much like using a cheesewire (memories of my
dad's grocer's shop).

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I'm trying to remove a shower screen from a tiled wall. It looks like
the original owner applied a nice thick bead of silicone sealant to the
wall and then butted the extrusion which forms the frame of the shower
screen up to it, then screwed the frame to the wall.

...

Anyone got any other bright ideas, or shall i just burn the house down
& start from scratch..:-///

I seem to recall that the approach for this is to try to cut the
sealant with wire, pretty much like using a cheesewire (memories of my
dad's grocer's shop).

Never had to do this myself but if I had to I think that I would try the
draper bonded windscreen removal tool

Tony

"woodglass" wrote in message
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What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays,
etc...


I used a window scraper that is the little tool which holds a stanley
blade and is used for getting the excess paint off of the glass on painted
windows. I used it both as a scraper and as a cutter as it holds the blade
parallel to the tile

worked for me

Tony

TMC wrote:
"woodglass" wrote in message
k...
What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays,
etc...


I used a window scraper that is the little tool which holds a stanley
blade and is used for getting the excess paint off of the glass on painted
windows. I used it both as a scraper and as a cutter as it holds the blade
parallel to the tile

worked for me

Tony



Thanks for the quick replies folks, I'll give these ideas a go shortly.

"woodglass" wrote in message
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What's good for removing silicone sealant from shower panels, trays,
etc...
You can get silicone sealant remover that breaks the bond between the
silicone and other surface. B&Q do it, I have only used the stuff from RS.

You cut off as much silicone as possible, leaving a thin film, apply
remover, leave for couple of hours and the thin remaining film of silicone
just wipes off. Water neutralises the remover so clean up with soapy water
and dry before replacing silicone.