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RE: Adhesive, grease remover recommendations?

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Subject: RE: Adhesive, grease remover recommendations?
From: "Vink, Graham" <vinkg@fleishman.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:07:00 -0600
I find plain mineral spirits (aka paint thinner) to be a pretty good grease
remover, and it (usually) doesn't harm paint.

You could also use gasoline, except that you're never supposed to use
gasoline as a solvent because of its flammability. 

Either way, wear gloves to protect your skin. 

-Graham


-----Original Message-----
From: Kronberg, Peter [mailto:Peter.Kronberg@hp.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:36 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Adhesive, grease remover recommendations?


Hey All,
Well, I pulled my tail lights in anticipation of repainting the black rear
panel...but the gaskets were apparently stuck on with some form of
adhesive... 2 questions: I'd like to remove the build up of old adhesive,
accumulated wax, and crud...but I'm afraid to apply a solvent in the area of
the enamel paint...don't want to dissolve or mar the finish...so I got some
organic Orange Oil degreaser/auto cleaner...and some generic solvent
distillate...which to use?

Secondly...my new gasket set didn't come with an adhesive backing for the
tail lights...should I use adhesive, or is a dry compression fit good
enough?

Thanx in advance,

Pete
Pete Kronberg
'76 CF51563U

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