In a message dated 08/04/2005 12:06:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

The  vinyl on my cabinet over the lower bunk has peeled off and I am =
trying to  remove the glue. I used my heat gun to remove the little =
pieces of vinyl  that were left, that worked great. I tried to use the =
heat gun to get the  glue off but no luck. I tested to see if it was =
water soluble and it  seems to be as I can scrape some off once it =
softens a bit, but that  would be a long job. Has anyone tried wall paper =
remover to get the old  glue off once the vinyl is gone? Or does anyone =
have other suggestions? I  would like to get it clean and then I will put =
some new adhesive and  vinyl to restore it to original.

    Pascal, the best way to approach this problem is to  leave the glue in
place.  Do not attempt to remove it.  Paint the  surface rather than trying to
glue new vinyl in place.  Take a piece of the  old vinyl to your Home Hardware
or Home Depot and have them make up paint to  match.  Use a roller not a brush
to apply.  The resulting finish  will resemble the original so much no one
will ever know.  The texture of  the glue reproduces the same texture in the
paint as the original vinyl.   I've done this many times on different vans and it
works great.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
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