Date:         Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:30:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Adhesive "Gunk" Removal - NO Xylene, MEK, or Toluene!
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Just a suggestion, but NO WAY would I recommending using MEK, toluene or
xylene - MANY of the materials on a Westy are soluble in these solvents.

These solvents might be effective in removing the residual adhesive, but
then they might effective in dissolving the pop-top as well... :-)

For what it's worth,

Marty Wallace, grad. student & Chemistry Geek
Department of Chemistry
California State University, Chico
1984 Westfalia "Heisenberg"

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>Date:    Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:39:24 -0500
>From:    Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
>Subject: Re: Sticker Removal~&~Need Mirror
---<snip>---
>Rather than use acetone which evaporates too quickly, a slightly slower
>evaporating solvent would work better like Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Tolulene,
>or Xylene.  Be very careful and juducious about how much you glop on the
>vertical serface if you choose to use the chemicals.
>Dimwiteed Moose and flying squirrel  AR  90GL
>----------
> From: Kristin Dewey <Goldenroad@AOL.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Sticker Removal~&~Need Mirror
> Date: Saturday, October 10, 1998 6:30 PM
> Hey folks...
> 1. What should I use to remove the grungy deteriorating "Westfalia"
letters
> from my westy top?
> :o) Kristin
> 84 Wolfsburg GL Westy~Wolfy
> 90 Subaru Legacy LS SW AWD~Althea




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