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Witchboard:
I'm working on a Donkey Kong cocktail and around the top it has imitation wood laminate.  It's pretty bad and I am going to replace it with iron on wood veneer.  The question is, what's the best way to remove it without damaging the wood underneath?  It looks to be put on with contact cement.  I was thinking that a heat gun may be my best bet, but I don't want to disturb the laminate on the table top.  Suggestions?

NY_in_TX:
I've had good success with a heat gun, a scraper and some patience.

Somebody did it with an iron.  Which is frickin cool, but sounds slightly dangerous and difficult (which is what makes it cool).

depending on what kind of adhesive they used you may need to follow up with some goo gone or something similar.

MonitorGuru:
4" wide old crappy (in other words, destroyable) putty knife and a small (do-it-"herself" type 8 ounce, not a big 16 ounce) hammer.  Get under a side and start tapping.  A heat gun might help loosen things.

Hoagie_one:
i laid an iron on teh laminate to heat it up.  once its warm it peels off better than the hammer and chisle technique.  Still a pain.

jcrouse:
Dynamite!

 ;D  ;D  ;D
John

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