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   rez | Feb 29, 2008 08:45pm | #1

   Drill a pilot hole and screw a soap dish on it.

    

    

   Peach full,
   easy feelin'.

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   roger g | Feb 29, 2008 09:11pm | #2

   Clap, clap. Nearly choked on my tea.

   roger

    

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   xxPaulCPxx | Mar 01, 2008 08:23am | #6

   I'm waiting for Piffen to chime in that I should actually use a SS ring shank nail for that soap dish :)Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

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   Biff_Loman | Mar 01, 2008 12:10am | #3

   Ok, I wasn't able to google a link for you, but there is such a thing as ABS solvent hand cleanser.  If it can go on your skin, I'm willing to bet your acrylic will be OK.

   If all else fails, I've seen some convincing acrylic repairs with skillful use of automotive spray paint.  Essentially: buy one of every colour of 'white' you can find and average them out.  You could sand the patch and try this as a LAST RESORT.

   How big a patch are we talking?

   I'm confident you'll find a chemical method that'll work fine. . . forget re-gel-coating.  My gods, man.

   
   

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   Edited 2/29/2008 4:12 pm ET by Biff_Loman

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   HootOwl | Mar 01, 2008 02:54am | #4

   The manufacturer of that unit most likely has a little gel-coat repair kit that will be a perfect match.........if you can't get the stuff off successfully.  $5 -10 bucks. If the unit was purchased thru a plumbing supply house they'll likely have the kit on hand.  Big box might too.  Don't know.

   The procedure is pretty easy.  Prep the area well by carefully sanding a bit with some 240 or 320. Clean off all residue from that. Mask around area with some blue tape.  I used an air brush to apply the stuff the few times I've done this and it worked well.  You could also just use the little brush that usually comes in the bottle. ( Did that once too. It took a little more sanding and buffing in the end but turned out just fine)   Allow to cure well (overnight/ 8 hours would be advisable) and then sand out with some 400 and/or 600 grit...wet or dry paper. Use it wet. Choose and proceed carefully cause you don't want to sand thru. Might not need the 400 at all.  Depends.   Then use a little automotive paint polishing/glazing compound on a soft cloth to buff and blend the sheen with the surrounding surface. (This all presumes the unit has a smooth surface and not a textured surface) 

   Or....if this came from a local plumbing supply house, they probably know of someone in the area who does these repairs.  Stuff like that and worse happens all the time. Sometimes holes get punched in the units after they're installed. An accomplished repair guy can usually fix it and make it look like new.

   Or... maybe the local repair guy knows how to remove the glue you're contending with... without causing any damage. Might just tell you what it is over the phone.

   Rethinking this......if you've got glue all over the place and not in just one or two little spots....that could add up to alot of work doing gel-coat repairs on numerous areas. 

   
   

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   Edited 2/29/2008 7:08 pm ET by HootOwl

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   BBI | Mar 01, 2008 03:38am | #5

   If You cant get the stuff off you can allways call a tub repair man.Dropped a roto zip in a garden tub in a bath I was remodeling and chipped it, repair looked good as new(white)really doubt youll get the glue off. 

    

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   xxPaulCPxx | Mar 01, 2008 08:28am | #7

   Thanks, for that detailed walkthough!  Thanks everyone else who replied too.

   I'll call Hydrosystems and see what they have.  It's only one small area, about the size of a quarter.  Unfortunatly, it's right at the only place where you can get into the tub, right next to the toilet too, so it's in a high visibility spot.  Whatever I do, I have to be very careful.Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

   Also a CRX fanatic!

   If your hair looks funny, it's because God likes to scratch his nuts.  You nut, you.