[tcb] Re: Getting silicon off metal ?

  • From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:04:16 -0600 (GMT-06:00)

sand blaster.

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>From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
>Sent: Jan 14, 2009 2:02 PM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Getting silicon off metal ?
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>How bout a DA with 80 grit & lots of air
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Bednar <coitspoon@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 8:12 am
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Getting silicon off metal ?
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>I would try a little bit of laquer thinner on a towel - it should break 
>down the silicon then use a plastic scraper.
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>-jeff
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>From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:04:35 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Getting silicon off metal ?
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>A plastic scraper and lots of elbow grease.  Bought a new GM pickup in 
>01.  Had a bad water leak around the rear window.  Took it back to the 
>dealer.  Service manager made the decision to "caulk" around the entire 
>rear window with clear silicon.  When I saw it I went balistic and told 
>them to fix it correctly.  They sent it out to an auto glass shop.  The 
>guys at the auto glass shop worked for a solid 2 days doing nothing but 
>removing the silicon; then they removed the glass and put in a new seal 
>and fixed the window correctly.  Point, it took those guys about 16 man 
>hours to remove all of that silicone. 
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>You just have to work slow and remove it with lots of work.
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>--- On Tue, 1/13/09, singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>From: singlecabbo
>y <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [tcb] Getting silicon off metal ?
>To: "TCB TCB" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 11:46 PM
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>Any suggestions on what to use to get silicon off of a pop out window 
>frame?
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>Paul Smith
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