Removing construction adhesive
 

We've got a nice big mirrored bathroom cabinet. It stores my shaver,
some band-aids, Advil, and about 100 other items I have no earthly idea
about.

It came with the house, and we liked the size, but it was transcendently
ugly; a mirror-chrome frame with gold accents. The whole room was pretty
amazing actually. The walls were done in floral metallic foil wallpaper.
My wife said it was like being inside a birthday present.

But I digress. Many years ago, before my woodworking skills advanced to
their current "novice" level, I made a frame out of oak molding to
replace the chromed monstrosity.I recently built a much nicer frame to
hide the ragged edge that some "professional installers" left around a
"through-wall" air conditioner at my Mom's house. It looks ever so much
nicer than our bathroom cabinet, and something nearly identical would
fit there perfectly. What's more, it was a cinch to build.

But...

I recently re-attached the old frame with some sort of construction
adhesive (just before I had the "better idea" naturally). It feels
pretty strong, too; wood molding attached to flat sheet metal. I can't
remember which brand I used, a piece of info I'm sure would have been
useful.

Any ideas?

Removing construction adhesive
 

On 11/13/2012 1:27 PM, Greg Guarino wrote:
We've got a nice big mirrored bathroom cabinet. It stores my shaver,
some band-aids, Advil, and about 100 other items I have no earthly idea
about.

It came with the house, and we liked the size, but it was transcendently
ugly; a mirror-chrome frame with gold accents. The whole room was pretty
amazing actually. The walls were done in floral metallic foil wallpaper.
My wife said it was like being inside a birthday present.

But I digress. Many years ago, before my woodworking skills advanced to
their current "novice" level, I made a frame out of oak molding to
replace the chromed monstrosity.I recently built a much nicer frame to
hide the ragged edge that some "professional installers" left around a
"through-wall" air conditioner at my Mom's house. It looks ever so much
nicer than our bathroom cabinet, and something nearly identical would
fit there perfectly. What's more, it was a cinch to build.

But...

I recently re-attached the old frame with some sort of construction
adhesive (just before I had the "better idea" naturally). It feels
pretty strong, too; wood molding attached to flat sheet metal. I can't
remember which brand I used, a piece of info I'm sure would have been
useful.

Any ideas?


a heat gun carefully applied, with a fire extinguisher nearby. other
than that, a pry bar.

Removing construction adhesive
 

"Greg Guarino" wrote:

We've got a nice big mirrored bathroom cabinet. It stores my shaver,
some band-aids, Advil, and about 100 other items I have no earthly
idea about.
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I recently re-attached the old frame with some sort of construction
adhesive (just before I had the "better idea" naturally). It feels
pretty strong, too; wood molding attached to flat sheet metal. I
can't remember which brand I used, a piece of info I'm sure would
have been useful.
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"Hot wire" is an easy solution.

A piece of nichrome wire, 12V car battery, couple of handles and a
potentiometer is all you need.

Wire nichrome wire across battery in series with the potentiometer.

Add handles so you can get wire between molding and sheet metal

at one corner.

Pull hot wire thru adhesive.

SFWIW, an old boat yard trick for when you are trying to remove port
lights to re-bed them.

Lew

Removing construction adhesive
 

"Greg Guarino" wrote in message
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We've got a nice big mirrored bathroom cabinet. It stores my shaver, some
band-aids, Advil, and about 100 other items I have no earthly idea about.

It came with the house, and we liked the size, but it was transcendently
ugly; a mirror-chrome frame with gold accents. The whole room was pretty
amazing actually. The walls were done in floral metallic foil wallpaper.
My wife said it was like being inside a birthday present.

But I digress. Many years ago, before my woodworking skills advanced to
their current "novice" level, I made a frame out of oak molding to replace
the chromed monstrosity.I recently built a much nicer frame to hide the
ragged edge that some "professional installers" left around a
"through-wall" air conditioner at my Mom's house. It looks ever so much
nicer than our bathroom cabinet, and something nearly identical would fit
there perfectly. What's more, it was a cinch to build.

But...

I recently re-attached the old frame with some sort of construction
adhesive (just before I had the "better idea" naturally). It feels pretty
strong, too; wood molding attached to flat sheet metal. I can't remember
which brand I used, a piece of info I'm sure would have been useful.

Any ideas?

I remember hearing on the radio recently that your local ACE hardware has
some new adhesive softener and cleaner, maybe worth a shot on your cabinet
mirror.

Bob

Removing construction adhesive
 

These folks will know about that:

http://www.liquidnails.com/faqs/index.jsp

Look toward the bottom of the faq

I recently re-attached the old frame with some sort of construction
adhesive (just before I had the "better idea" naturally). It feels
pretty strong, too; wood molding attached to flat sheet metal. I can't
remember which brand I used, a piece of info I'm sure would have been
useful.