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Willami
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Joined: January 14th, 2009, 11:44 pm
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Location: West Country, England
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 removing old foam from painted metal any ideas? this is where i have had to remove the sound-deadening trim from the bulkhead and want to clean up the metal....
cheers
will
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Devils Advocate
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Joined: July 26th, 2009, 3:36 pm
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal Rotary wire brush - in a drill or angle grinder.
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| November 30th, 2009, 8:15 pm |
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Devils Advocate
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Joined: July 26th, 2009, 3:36 pm
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal (Though you can get solvents to remove the builder's-type expanding foam... Ask at builder's merchants. I don't know if they are similar?)
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| November 30th, 2009, 8:17 pm |
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2CViking
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Joined: April 18th, 2009, 11:43 am
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Location: Meneac, Bretagne France
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal I burn it with a gas flame and scrape it away when soft, easy
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bertiewhite
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal I don't know if this will help, but I've recently had to remove all sorts of foam/sealant/gunk from belinda's window frames and found a mixture of rotary wire brush, solvents & a large screwdriver ground sharp did the trick. It was painstaking though 
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Willami
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Joined: January 14th, 2009, 11:44 pm
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Location: West Country, England
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal thanks bertie, peter and devil
will try each one out and report back - shall i read solvent as 'petrol'
will
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Smiffy
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Joined: October 23rd, 2009, 10:41 pm
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Re: removing old foam from painted metal Suggest you use cellulose thinners rather than petrol. No oily residue. Watch out for the fumes though! Too much of them and you'll start making decisions that you may live to regret eg http://www.manolith.com/2009/08/31/15-most-ridiculous-car-mods/
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