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Remove glued shed roof felt
_Sam_
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Hi all, I’m in the process of removing old felt and it seems that a portion of it had been glued or something, it is absolutely rock solid stuck to the boards and I’ve tried a paint scraper ( the heavy duty with Stanley blade) and while it worked it would take me months to remove the felt as it takes forever scraping off 1cm sized bits (and my arm is falling off already...)
Not sure what else can be done, popped to B&Q but they said only scraper and no solvent to budge it that they knew of...
Not sure what else can be done, popped to B&Q but they said only scraper and no solvent to budge it that they knew of...
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Looks like it has been torched on in places.The felt would have been heated up by playing a big flame on it is soften the bitumen. Before it had a chance to cool, the felt is then rolled to make good contact with the timber and stick well. Solvents won't shift it, and a scraper is going to be hard work. Applying some heat with a big f.o. gas torch will soften the bitumen and it should come off with a big scraper - Yesterday, you could probably have gotten away without the gas torch.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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You need something bigger than a paint scraper, that looks like pretty thick wood it should not be damaged by using a garden spade as a scraper.1
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If you have a blowtorch with decent sized nozzle use it to heat the spade and felt should make it easier to remove.
Some swarfega would be useful for cleaning hands and tools when finished.Play with the expectation of winning not the fear of failure. S.Clarke1 -
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Old wood chisel and hammer would be my preferred attackA thankyou is payment enough .1
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