From: Alan Lambert I agree with Bill. I would rather try to cut and peel instead of meeing up that $500.00 . now that we are facing a shortage of what we want it is becoming a take care of what I have,we may not see a replacement. I know it is a tight space, but I tend to make something work for me. I have made an extention handle for my exacto knife with a 1/4 " wood dowel. Make a slit in one end and tape around the blade on the dowel to hold it in place.
--- On Sat, 4/30/11, Bill Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill Nielsen <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Dissolving Goo - "don't do it, mon!" To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 5:19 PM John, Your best bet is to use an Xacto knife and try to cut, score & pry the speaker loose CAREFULLY! Any solvent that will attack the Goo once it has cured will also attack paint and plastic more vigorously than the Goo. Also, any liquid will migrate to the visible side of the locomotive where it can do the most damage. Since you are performing an upgrade, which sounds like it is more of an option than a necessity, consider living with the loco like it is rather than ruining it during the upgrade process. In the future, try using electronics grade silicone adhesive (without acetic acid) for installing speakers, since it is not solvent based and can usually be cut & pried away if you need to dismantle it later. Regards, Bill Nielsen Oakland Park (Ft. Lauderdale), FL, USA --- In [email protected], "vito4cal" <vito4cal@...> wrote: > > Greetings: > > I need to replace the headlight in my S-Helper SW1 and I did not realize that > I had installed a speaker over the headlight and leads with Walther's Goo. Is > there a way to dissolve the glue so I can pull the speaker to access the > headlight? Obviously the challenge is to dissolve the glue without damage to > the shell. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > John Gibson > Rocklin, CA > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
