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   Joe_Hennessey | Jan 12, 2002 07:01pm | #1

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   You might try an iron. (Steam iron, clothes iron) Set it on low, put a rag on counter & see if you can heat the glue & get it to stick. If that doesn't work a couple roofing nails are next. Joe H

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   CHAD_KING | Jan 12, 2002 07:21pm | #2

   *thanx Joe.If the iron doesn't work I will try the nail idea.Altough I think I would be better off with neoprene washer nails.

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   IanDGilham_ | Jan 13, 2002 12:55am | #3

   *Chad,The nail idea is excellent, just excellent, but in case the iron doesn't work, before I'd go with the nails I'd take a trip to the pharmacy and get a 10cc hypo with couple of fairly large needles.Cut the plastic end off one of the needles and use it as a drill bit to drill a small hole in the bubble. Put some contact adhesive in the hypo and inject it into the bubble, then weight it down.You'll have a hole to make good in the laminate but hopefully it'll be small enough that you can make it vanish.

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   calvin_ | Jan 13, 2002 05:50am | #4

   *Chad, is this top trapped in between something that is causing the lam to buckle? If your fix doesn't hold you might have to reset, adjust that whole pc of lam. You might use the heat to the whole pc and roll out that bubble. How long has that bubble been there anyway? What kind of glue did you use? Hey, best of luck on that.

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   Dave_Richeson | Jan 13, 2002 07:34am | #5

   *I agree with the heat approach, but would use a heat gun. Heat the bubble area and a path to chase it out from under the laminate. If you don't roll it out, you may be back agian to make another fix. All this assumes you had enough glue under it to start with. No glue, no sticky, no matter what.

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   Jeff_Egner | Jan 13, 2002 06:08pm | #6

   *If you try the hypo trick try using another more friendly glue. Many years ago it was standard practice to use ordinary white glue (Elmers, after all laminate is paper), the only problem with this method is that it has to be clamped while the glue dries.

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   IanDGilham_ | Jan 14, 2002 12:59am | #7

   *For the clamping Jeff, you could spring it down from the ceiling using a piece of 1 1/2" x 1/2" or similar.

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   Geoff_B | Jan 14, 2002 01:06am | #8

   *Another cause for bubbles is debris under the laminate.All the heat and rolling won't help this. If this is the case here's a trick that works well. Take a piece of steel lumber banding thats flat. Grind a sharp edge on the end with a c notch below it. Carefully insert it between the laminate and deck using the sharpend end ( may need heat to soften glue at edge). Work your way to the debris and hook it in the notch and pull it out. Heat up to restick the glue and your done.

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   CHAD_KING | Jan 14, 2002 03:04am | #9

   *thanks for all the input.I,m going there tomorrow, will let you guys know how it turns out. Thanks again.