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Lucky S.O.B.

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Removing laminate...
« on: June 23, 2003, 06:28:19 pm »
I have a dynamo cabinet that has the Red and Grey laminate that is chipped/Dirty and in general falling apart. My question to everyone is:

How difficult would it be to remove the laminate?
Is there any tricks to do this?

Or should I just laminate over the old stuff?

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Re:Removing laminate...
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2003, 06:40:14 pm »
Get a putty knife under it and it will come up surprisingly easy. If you need some help, apply heat from a hairdryer. Remove the glue gunk from the MDF before you reapply your laminate.
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Re:Removing laminate...
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2003, 06:59:24 pm »
chisel+hammer works too !  :P
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Re:Removing laminate...
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2003, 07:42:30 pm »
I used a putty knife and a hammer (i've got pics / description in my Diary of a Madman  on my site) and elbow grease.

A heat gun or a hair dryer woulda  worked/helped...

There are probably solvents that you could use to loosen up the glue, but I wouldn't recommend that approach.

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Re:Removing laminate...
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2003, 10:29:55 pm »
paint scraper/hammer worked for me. if it's loose to begin with you can reach under it and start pealing it up.
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Re:Removing laminate...
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2003, 02:02:04 am »
Thanks everyone for the info.

I guess I have a fun weekend coming up. Laminate removing party!
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