Re: [ATM] Stuck 20" lap on 30" mirror

[Lawrence Sayre <lsayre@neo.rr.com>]

Ouch!  Glad to hear that it came undone.   Hope the resulting fit is a 
good one!!!

Larry Sayre

Bill Prewitt wrote:
> I've been traveling a lot lately, and have only been able to work on 
> this figuring project for a few days every month or so. Last month, I 
> poured a fresh layer of Gugolz 55 on a 20" lap, and left it to cold 
> press till I came back.
>
> Big mistake... It was stuck tight.
>
> To dislodge the lap, I tried bar clamps, tubular webbing with a wood 
> lever, then plastic-sheathed steel cable with a metal lever for several 
> days of sustained force, but nothing worked.
>
> So yesterday I bought 10 pounds of dry ice, layered it on top of the 
> lap, and covered everything with towels and blankets. After 24 hours of 
> chilling under tension, the lap separated easily from the mirror.
>
> The lap surface was shiny & black.
> I had forgotten to coat the face with CeO before pressing.
>
>       Bill Prewitt
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