must not be your oven!
Whoever pioneered the oven trick to remove a CPO, thank you!
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must not be your oven!
p1899m
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I think a couple people are actually afraid of possible toxins and the majority are afraid of their wives.
jltlarry
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wives hurt more than toxins.
hucklebuck73
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Jehuie,
Thank you so much for posting this I also must have missed the other posts about this. I do not have a heat gun, but I do have an oven. Hell the air outside is as bad as ever for ya, so I'll just bar b que and use the oven for what it was supposed to be used for...removing CPO's....glad you shared this with the masses.
Thank you so much for posting this I also must have missed the other posts about this. I do not have a heat gun, but I do have an oven. Hell the air outside is as bad as ever for ya, so I'll just bar b que and use the oven for what it was supposed to be used for...removing CPO's....glad you shared this with the masses.
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I got a iffy taito cabinet CP I need to try this trick on. I know it was redone at an earlier time because there are some hidden holes for buttons and junk in the metal behind the artwork.........well more like yellow comic book lookin poka dots artwork....so generic
LUCKYMAN
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sooo does it make a smell??
mrbill2084
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Well, my wall oven is too small to fit a control panel.. Plus mine is gas, so that might be another can of worms.
But I do have access to a heat gun. There was a little learning curve using it, but once you have the tools you need handy it, was easy to remove. If the oven works better thats cool, but it took maybe 10 min with a heat gun to get the overlay off.
This was a really bad sun damaged overlay. I have pulled off a centipede overlay no problem just leaving the panel out on a sunny day. This one was coming off in tiny chips. Heat gun made it an easy job.
But I do have access to a heat gun. There was a little learning curve using it, but once you have the tools you need handy it, was easy to remove. If the oven works better thats cool, but it took maybe 10 min with a heat gun to get the overlay off.
This was a really bad sun damaged overlay. I have pulled off a centipede overlay no problem just leaving the panel out on a sunny day. This one was coming off in tiny chips. Heat gun made it an easy job.
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No detectable smell at all. And yeah, a heat gun is a great option as well if you have one I'm sure. I don't have one so I don't have that to compare.
I've used a heat gun on a control panel but I'm going to have to try the oven trick when my wife's out shopping or something.
Husbands and wives tend to view major appliances differently. She sees an oven for baking food. I see endless possibilites.
I've used our oven to get the water out of motor oil drained from a methanol-burning race car engine. I've sagged Lexan over a metal form to make headlight covers. I recently used the washing machine and dryer to launder shop towels. I've used her iron to get the wrinkles out of our vinyl pool liner. I've put press-fit metal parts in the freezer to shrink them. I've used a leaf blower to blow the bird nests out of the outside combustion air line to the furnace. I've used her hair dryer to get the charcoal going, get the fireplace going, to make paint dry faster, and to set glue.
And I'm still married after 31 years--mostly because she doesn't know about any of the above.
Husbands and wives tend to view major appliances differently. She sees an oven for baking food. I see endless possibilites.
I've used our oven to get the water out of motor oil drained from a methanol-burning race car engine. I've sagged Lexan over a metal form to make headlight covers. I recently used the washing machine and dryer to launder shop towels. I've used her iron to get the wrinkles out of our vinyl pool liner. I've put press-fit metal parts in the freezer to shrink them. I've used a leaf blower to blow the bird nests out of the outside combustion air line to the furnace. I've used her hair dryer to get the charcoal going, get the fireplace going, to make paint dry faster, and to set glue.
And I'm still married after 31 years--mostly because she doesn't know about any of the above.
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Area69
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I just used this again with great success. But this time on an adhesive backed sanding disc that I had been trying to remove by scraping and pealing without luck. I also tried a blow dryer with zero luck. I don't own a heat gun. But this worked and took it right off!
That's what she said....
ElectricDreamz
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mmm ... endocrine disruptors ....
I missed this in 2011 and really want to try! Thanks for bringing it back.
WadeLanham
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Heat guns are like $15, get one, it's life changing. They have many uses, similar to an oven.
Too late. I've had heat guns since the 90s and they didn't make it as easy as it looked in the oven.
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I would think a heat gun would actually make any noxious gas worse as well since you have to spend so much time heating it up bit by bit with your face just inches away.
There truly was no noticeable odor. It doesn't even get that hot. Just long enough to soften the glue. I could pick up the item briefly after pulling it out of the oven but if you hold on too long it starts to burn a bit.
advans13
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Enjoy your toxic oven
