Ok, you win :) I've come to the conclusion I am more of a cold weather, than a hot or even warm weather, person

what a hellish job you have. Tell me, is any of the tin still on the steel roof?

alistair

On 2011-08-02, at 8:10 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:

> You lucky devil. I'll trade you tasks.
>  
> I'm here in a Virginia summer (typically 95F with 95% humidity) scraping several coats of silver and black tarry coating off of about 800 square feet of terne metal roof (1920s standing rib style) down to bare metal so I can apply the new roofing material.  Propane torch, gloves, a variety of scrapers and a wire wheel on a 1/2' drill are the tools of choice.  All while recovering from a broken shoulder and ribs.
>  
> This is what is keeping me from replacing the exhaust system right now.
>  
>  
> Having more fun than you, 
> Stephen
>  
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/1/11, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> Subject: scraping glue in the sun
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 8:46 PM
> 
> I've been out in the sun (here near Victoria BC) scraping and sanding off the old glue from the upper bunks plywood - oh sure Westfalia, use an adhesive that lets the paper go in patches but sticks like you know what to the plywood - and it is nice and sunny and only 24 C. But jeez, I'm dying out there.
> 
> How the heck can anyone do anything down south, like where Dave McNeely lives for instance?
> 
> Just in case any other fool wishes to remove that glue from the plywood, I found that using a sharp paint scraper to remove most of the bubblegum-like glue, followed by a random orbit sander with 40 grit paper was the fastest way of many slow ways I tried (heat gun and scraper, solvent)
> 
> alistair