iscmatt
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:13 AM |
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unstick PU?
Is it possible?
I want to take off my front arches and reposition them so that sit behind the wheel better as currently (IMO) they are sat too much 'on'
the wheel resulting in a lot of splatter on the rear arches, plus they would just look better!
My inital thought is to try and get a blade in there but this would be tricky, are there any solvents etc that would do the job?
Thanks!
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mrwibble
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:16 AM |
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i used white spirit to clean up a chassis rail very effectively, it was still tacki however.
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iscmatt
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:22 AM |
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thanks mrwibble (great name btw) yes the PU has been holding the front arches on for a good 3 years now.
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ReMan
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:23 AM |
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I'm not sure there is any "common" solvent once cured. At least not to the degree you would require.
In so much that it is not specifically petrol proof, but you can bet that petrol would not attack it if you wanted it to!
Cutting is probably going to be most effective
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:44 AM |
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PU is resistant to most stuff...
Its awful stuff when reworking... cut it fine and sometimes you can peel it off. Its a right bar steward to get off - precisely the reason you used it
in the first place.
Good luck! Watch those fingers!!!
Steve
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 11:53 AM |
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when i changed my arches for wider ones i used the knife, hacksaw and everything else that was sharp to remove them and yes do watch out for your
fingers
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iscmatt
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 01:23 PM |
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Thanks guys, I know what you mean about the fingers, I have waay to many encounters, I really should have learnt my lesson with blades - CUT AWAY FROM
YOU!
It looks like cutting will be the only solution,
Thanks!
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 03:45 PM |
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Maybe a really thin piece of wire or some fishing line could be dragged through it to atleast get the arch off and then clean up each siide seperately
when its easier to work on.
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jacko
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 05:16 PM |
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The best way is to heat the steel this is what we do to remove panels off buses
But in your case get some windscreen cutting wire go to a windscreen firm they will have it on rolls and beg some off them
As above mind them pinky's
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indykid
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 05:35 PM |
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i used mig wire to cut mine off when the wing stay snapped
beware of driving when the PU's still green though. i lost a dax arch, despite letting the PU cure for about 3 weeks. it had just torn straight
through the middle of the PU. i nearly cried. dax cycle wings aren't cheap 
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RichardK
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| posted on 23/10/10 at 07:05 PM |
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2nd vote for the mig wire
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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