hello all. i'm in the process of starting to restore an old pantera. i've removes quite a bit of the accessories and through hull fittings. i'm wondering if there is a solvent of sorts that will cut the old bedding compound. (it appears to be a product like 3m's 5200) the stuff is strong and i'm not looking forward to manually peeling it off.

thanks for any suggestions.

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if you hold a razor blade flat you can scrape down to the gel and it will come rite off,,if your refinishing the gel surface the rest can be sanded after the razor blade method..if ite bonding somthing to the hull then use the debone..boat us also carry's it,,remember its only a 4- oz spray can.

thanks for the advice. i just picked up some de-bond from west marine.

Take a razor blade and cut into the 5200 so the Debond can penetrate. Still takes some time but the stuff works.

I used Debond 2000 to remove a foot rest (5'W x 18"L) used for the rear bolster seat, that was 5200'd to the nonskid flooring and through bolted on the ends. This is not a fast removal procedure.

1) I took a razor knife and cut into the 5200 (I was only able to cut a few mm into the 5200)
2) Sprayed the cut and the entire area with Debond 2000
3) I cut and sprayed the 5200 twice a day for 4-5 days and was finally able to drive wooded block wedges inbetween the foot rest and floor. I continued to cut with a razor knife and spray/soak.
4) Once the foot rest was removed I used a heavy duty power washer (about 2 hours of powerwashing) to remove the remaining 5200 left on the floor.
5) I made a scraper out of a 3/8" piece of Acrylic and grinded a sharp angle on it and used that to remove whatever 5200 was left inbetween the nonskid. It was sharpe and hard enough to remove the 5200 but genlte enough not scratch the gelcoat or fiberglass.

Neither my fiberglass foot rest or nonskid flooring were damaged during this removal process. It takes some time and you don't rush it.

The biggest thing is to keep the 5200 soaked with Debond for several days. This was the easiest thing I could find. I think I've got some pictures of the before/during and after if you want to see them.