you might be able to "unzip polymer chain" by exposing it to
high quantities of uv light.  i know it worked for sticking pilots boots
to the floor in F16's during vietnam :).

jonathan

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Alistair Bell wrote:

> polyurethane is the beast, pretty well impossible to dissolve when
> cured (now fellow listmemebers, don't be clever and suggest some
> unusable solvent). You'll have to pry/cut it off.
>
> Its great stuff. I love it. The glue and the remedy.
>
> When uncured, get it off your fingers with 95% ethanol, then lick
> fingers :)
>
> PL Premium is the landlubbers inferior equivalent, not quite as good
> but a whole lot cheaper.
>
> Alistair
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>
> On 13-Sep-04, at 9:15 PM, David Marshall wrote:
>
> > Volks,
> > I have been using a compound called Sikaflex-227 to securely (I mean
> > *really* securely) hold licence plates to the nose of my van so that
> > they
> > don't get knocked or damaged off when I am off-roading.  See
> > http://www.fastforward.ca/pl8.jpg for an example of this.
> >
> > Anyhow, I sold one of my vehicles and I have to get the licence plate
> > off
> > before the handover on Friday.  Any idea what to use to get this off
> > without
> > damaging my plate ($100 replacement cost) or the vehicle?  The
> > compound is
> > rubbery (tire rubber soft) grey/white and it can be cut with a sharp
> > knife.
> > I used only four small dime sized dots at each corner of the plate.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > David Marshall
>
>
>