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Title: Removing laminate...
Post by: Lucky S.O.B. 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?

-D

Title: Re:Removing laminate...
Post by: Brax 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.

Title: Re:Removing laminate...
Post by: SNAAAKE on June 23, 2003, 06:59:24 pm

chisel+hammer works too !  :P

Title: Re:Removing laminate...
Post by: rampy 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.

Rampy

Title: Re:Removing laminate...
Post by: AlanS17 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.

Title: Re:Removing laminate...
Post by: Lucky S.O.B. 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!