[Rhodes22-list] Need some help fixing my stupidity

[Mark Whipple]

I've often read that the way to deal with 5200 is heat, specifically
heating piano wire and then using it to slice through the joint made with
5200 (AKA the Devil's glue).

Mark

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020, 10:50 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Rob:
>
> This might be a totally irrelevant to your situation but when I was
> repainting my transom I wanted to remove the motor lift. It is just the old
> manual lift. I removed all of the bolts but the bracket was stuck to the
> transom so firmly I could not remove it without damaging the fiberglass. I
> concluded that the bracket had been installed with a high adhesive sealant
> like 5200. Removing 5200 generally requires either a grinder or dynamite
> and
> neither alternative appealed to me.
>
> After a search for solutions on the internet I came across a product called
> DeBond. You are instructed to score the edge of the joint, apply DeBond and
> after a few minutes the joint can be separated without damage to the
> fiberglass.
>
> I bought the stuff and applied it to the join, waited a few minutes and
> .....nothing. I repeated the process but the bracket would not budge. I
> decided that the product was just hype and decided to somehow paint with
> the
> bracket installed. As it turned out I got involved in other projects and
> let
> the matter stall. Several months later I noticed that the bracket had
> fallen
> off the transom under it own weight - which being cast aluminum wasn't
> much.
> I have no idea how long it had been on the ground before I noticed.
>
> The point of all this is to say that Debond works but might take a while
> and
> you need to be very very patient. The second point is that because it
> worked
> it seems likely that something like 5200 was used to affix the bracket.
>
> That is my experience - for what it is worth.
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario
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> Of
> Joe Dempsey
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Need some help fixing my stupidity
>
> Rob,
> Wish I could help. I was trying to figure out how the lift comes off
> because
> we thought we had a leak coming from underneath the plywood reinforcement
> inside the lazarette. Luckily, we found that water was leaking from the
> rudder gudgeons making motor lift removal moot. Looks as though that its
> simply held on by the bolts you've removed and any bedding/sealants used
> and
> it may just be a matter of extra pressure to pry it away from the transom.
> A
> call to Stan may be your best option before doing further damage.  If you
> do
> get the lift removed, please post photos on The List. They will be a
> tremendous addition to the Archive.  I believe that you just had one of
> those unfortunate accidents, a blind spot, because as the saying goes "You
> can't fix stupid!"  Good luck!
>
>
>
> -----
> Joe Dempsey
> s/v Respite
> Rhodes 22 1989/2005
> Deltaville,VA
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