DAPPH
as dyslexik as I'm daft
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A few days ago t went off subject & part hijacked a post/ thread ..Sorry it was the only place I could think of finding someone who might knowwhat I was seeking .
I'd asked for advice about getting the awing rail off a caravan as it was stuck fast with a super sticky gunge .
Mean while my daughter who was with me in the car asked me if I could get hold of a small thick glass panel for her back door . Forced entry bust out the smallest panel on the back door both her & her partner had left their left keys inside and it slammed locked .
Thinking cap on,
Yep get me the measurements for the glass , use YouTube if you need to see how to measure up . A few minutes later we come across a non tempered low height double glazed window unit with 5 or 6 mm glass , that has been removed carefully from the frame( which had been sawn in foot lengths ) and left for bin collection ( the Binmen keep leaving it considering it commercial waste ) So we picked it up to dispose of it as an act of safety
, leaving the plastic where it was .
At home I put a rubber sheet in my trusty Workmate and popped the glass unit in, intending to work out how to separate the two sheets of glass. Took a Stanley knife to the sealant and found it was evil and still tacky once I'd got below the skin of the adhesive .
I had a fantastic " Ah-ah " moment ........
A day earlier I 'd purchased two 125 ml bottles of pure turpentine , as someone on this site told me via PM they had successfully used pure Turpentine to lubricate and dissolve the gunge sealing & sticking the awning strips down . (Thank you kind Sir )
So I made a gentle cut along the edge of the glass about 3 mm deep , ran a 1/4 " artist's pig hair brush soaked in the Turps along the cut line , left it whilst I did the other sheet of glass edge and found the Turps had not only seriously lubricated the knife cut but that the mastic had softened considerably .
Three slices & paints of Turps on each glass edge & I was fully through the gunge , able to scrape the blade along the glass easily . A final paint of the cuts the cuts with a tiny bit more Turps and on one sheet of glass only as I very cautiously pried it 1.5 mm apart from the spacer frame I slipped in lengths of doubled over greaseproof paper down the final blade cut on one sheet of glass only to ensure it remained free and doubled it not only to make it easier to push the tightly straight folded edges of the paper in the gap but also just incase one side of a single thick ness of grease proof the paper did stick to the glass & spacer frame ( needn't have worried it was as free as a bird ) . .
I repeated this on all four sides then very carefully was able to pull the spacer out with out busting either pane of glass . . carefully cleaned the glass of any remaining mastic using a new Stanley blade in a window paint scraper and some old towelling with a drop or two of Turps on it ... the glass looks like new .
If it cuts well it will have save £'sss as my Daughter has been advised to set aside £100 to £150 for someone to come and fix the 6x 9 " sort of sized broken pane .
Bonus if it's warm & dry, it looks like I'll be starting the awning repair project this weekend if I get all the seedlings planted and some more successional seed sowing done for the gardens .
But this time instead of a blade to cut the mastic I'll hopefully be using some 100 kg breaking strain woven Dacron sea fishing line ( about 1.2 mm dia ) soaked & lubed up with Turps .
I'd asked for advice about getting the awing rail off a caravan as it was stuck fast with a super sticky gunge .
Mean while my daughter who was with me in the car asked me if I could get hold of a small thick glass panel for her back door . Forced entry bust out the smallest panel on the back door both her & her partner had left their left keys inside and it slammed locked .
Thinking cap on,
Yep get me the measurements for the glass , use YouTube if you need to see how to measure up . A few minutes later we come across a non tempered low height double glazed window unit with 5 or 6 mm glass , that has been removed carefully from the frame( which had been sawn in foot lengths ) and left for bin collection ( the Binmen keep leaving it considering it commercial waste ) So we picked it up to dispose of it as an act of safety
, leaving the plastic where it was . At home I put a rubber sheet in my trusty Workmate and popped the glass unit in, intending to work out how to separate the two sheets of glass. Took a Stanley knife to the sealant and found it was evil and still tacky once I'd got below the skin of the adhesive .
I had a fantastic " Ah-ah " moment ........
A day earlier I 'd purchased two 125 ml bottles of pure turpentine , as someone on this site told me via PM they had successfully used pure Turpentine to lubricate and dissolve the gunge sealing & sticking the awning strips down . (Thank you kind Sir )
So I made a gentle cut along the edge of the glass about 3 mm deep , ran a 1/4 " artist's pig hair brush soaked in the Turps along the cut line , left it whilst I did the other sheet of glass edge and found the Turps had not only seriously lubricated the knife cut but that the mastic had softened considerably .
Three slices & paints of Turps on each glass edge & I was fully through the gunge , able to scrape the blade along the glass easily . A final paint of the cuts the cuts with a tiny bit more Turps and on one sheet of glass only as I very cautiously pried it 1.5 mm apart from the spacer frame I slipped in lengths of doubled over greaseproof paper down the final blade cut on one sheet of glass only to ensure it remained free and doubled it not only to make it easier to push the tightly straight folded edges of the paper in the gap but also just incase one side of a single thick ness of grease proof the paper did stick to the glass & spacer frame ( needn't have worried it was as free as a bird ) . .
I repeated this on all four sides then very carefully was able to pull the spacer out with out busting either pane of glass . . carefully cleaned the glass of any remaining mastic using a new Stanley blade in a window paint scraper and some old towelling with a drop or two of Turps on it ... the glass looks like new .
If it cuts well it will have save £'sss as my Daughter has been advised to set aside £100 to £150 for someone to come and fix the 6x 9 " sort of sized broken pane .
Bonus if it's warm & dry, it looks like I'll be starting the awning repair project this weekend if I get all the seedlings planted and some more successional seed sowing done for the gardens .
But this time instead of a blade to cut the mastic I'll hopefully be using some 100 kg breaking strain woven Dacron sea fishing line ( about 1.2 mm dia ) soaked & lubed up with Turps .
