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left behind adhesive after removing rat fur

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Ihaveshingles

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So I stripped the rat fur off my avatar 212 and I would like to put on duratex coating,
however theres a lot of dried adhesive still on it. I tried acetone and it basically reactivates the glue and makes a sticky mess, plus it is super harsh. Does goo gone work well? I tried sanding as well and it just gums up the paper.....
 
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For some adhesive types, it's actually easier to build a new cabinet!

Acetone is not going to be viable, and if you don't get all the adhesive off it will interfere with the bonding of the Duratex.

First you need to identify what kind of adhesive was used, some might be more strippable with a different solvent, but some may be latex based and for that some latex paint strippers would be a better choice. Some strippers are very toxic and irritating to the skin and lungs, use appropriate safety measures.

Heat gun and a putty knife is messy and generally results in smearing it around and it will stick to the putty knife and just a general gooey mess.

My suggestion is to recover it in a high grade branded rat fur like Ozite, using a compatible adhesive to what's already on the box.
 
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My first thought when reading the responses to this problem was...with how popular and preferred the Duratex finish is these days, and how common the rat fur covering once was, you'd think by now 3M, Dow Chemical, or Duratex themselves, would have come up with a product(s) to bond to and seal the various adhesives, so that Duratex or other similar products could properly be applied to it.

I bet they could get customers to pay more than even a good profit for them, to avoid the alternatives.
 
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SOUTH PAW said:
My first thought when reading the responses to this problem was...with how popular and preferred the Duratex finish is these days, and how common the rat fur covering once was, you'd think by now 3M, Dow Chemical, or Duratex themselves, would have come up with a product(s) to bond to and seal the various adhesives, so that Duratex or other similar products could properly be applied to it.

I bet they could get customers to pay more than even a good profit for them, to avoid the alternatives.
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Yeah, no kidding…excellent point Sir!
 
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