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Title: 5200
Post by: Cruise on December 14, 2011, 03:45:54 PM
 5200 truly is the devil's glue. I would never use the stuff again except for the fact that I know that if I use it properly it is 100% effective.
  I had a stanchion break and had it re-welded a couple of days ago, and today I re-installed it.
  I took great care in having everything I needed and everything else out of the way. I wore an old long-sleeve shirt that I could tuck my hands into as I had to go repeatedly down below to put a vise-grip on each nut to hold it in place as I tightened the screws on deck.
  I put an old phone book under the backing plate in case the vise-grips slipped or in case any gobs of the devil's glue dropped. (Using an old phone book is great because I can just rip pages out if any gets on there).
  I had a pile of napkins within reach, and I turned the cell phone off and put it out of sight.
  All-in-all it went very well. I got no devil's glue on my dodger or cushions in the cabin. Sure some got on my tools, but that's a given. The biggest problem that I had was due to the fact that I drank 3 glasses of iced tea at lunch right before I tackled the project and forgot to use the bathroom before I started. Oh well! I'd rather have a little 5200 down there than on my dodger. Maybe I should consider some Depends as a future part of my 5200 kit.

Title: Re: 5200
Post by: Captain Smollett on December 14, 2011, 04:28:32 PM
Paint thinner works well to clean 5200 from tools and hands before it cures.
Title: Re: 5200
Post by: CharlieJ on December 14, 2011, 08:40:09 PM
Something  even better. And cheaper.

Plain old rubbing alcohol washes 5200 of very neatly. We use a roll of TP and wipe edges etc where it squeezes out. Wipe an edge wifh a couple of wet squares, discard,  repeat.   Also cleans hands.