On 7/9/2018 2:35 PM, systems_glitch via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
If you don't like the idea of heat gunning a tube, there are other methods: I've seen them floated off over an extended period in room-temperature water, or heated by placing face-up in the sun with a black trash bag over the front.
I've done the heat gun method, you don't need to get it crazy hot, and in my experience the PVA layer pretty much peels off, if you do it right. It leaves slimy residue on the safety glass and the tube, but this comes off with alcohol. I stuck my CRTs in a 5-gallon bucket and only heated the face of it. It would've been uncomfortable to hold the safety glass, but not so hot as to burn you.
Thanks, Jonathan
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Pardons if this gets posted twice, I did not get notification of the first one being received by the message board system. I heated the tube with a work light. I think Ian suggested this to me. About 20 minutes or so? Not sure. Monitored progress with a thermometer. Here's my pics. https://imgur.com/a/eS4ybZo