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Posted by Al Bundy on February 14, 2007, 11:01 pm
Have a 30x36 1/4" rectangular mirror on wall. Loosened 4 mirror clips. No
budge. Break any paint bead. No budge. Ran 4-5" putty knife between wall
and mirror around perimeter. Seems to have "cut through" something but
still no budge. My guess is builder put some kind of adhesive on it then
put up with clips.
Option 1 of course it to bust it.
Option 2 is to leave it and make a frame around it.
To try and remove without busting it and ending up in the hospital, I was
thinking of trying to wrap each end of some thin wire around my glove
covered hands (like the gansters in movies who get the guy in the front
seat around the neck) and run it between the mirror and wall "slicing" the
adhesive. Hopefully the adhesive is not rock hard. Putty knife effort leads
me to believe it's not.
Any thoughts, better ideas, comments?
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on February 14, 2007, 11:11 pm
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> Have a 30x36 1/4" rectangular mirror on wall. Loosened 4 mirror clips. No
> budge. Break any paint bead. No budge. Ran 4-5" putty knife between wall
> and mirror around perimeter. Seems to have "cut through" something but
> still no budge. My guess is builder put some kind of adhesive on it then
> put up with clips.
> Option 1 of course it to bust it.
> Option 2 is to leave it and make a frame around it.
> To try and remove without busting it and ending up in the hospital, I was
> thinking of trying to wrap each end of some thin wire around my glove
> covered hands (like the gansters in movies who get the guy in the front
> seat around the neck) and run it between the mirror and wall "slicing" the
> adhesive. Hopefully the adhesive is not rock hard. Putty knife effort leads
> me to believe it's not.
> Any thoughts, better ideas, comments?
left over adhesive can be dissolved with goo gone or goof off.
breaking it will be easier
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Posted by buffalobill on February 15, 2007, 5:18 am
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> Have a 30x36 1/4" rectangular mirror on wall. Loosened 4 mirror clips. No
> budge. Break any paint bead. No budge. Ran 4-5" putty knife between wall
> and mirror around perimeter. Seems to have "cut through" something but
> still no budge. My guess is builder put some kind of adhesive on it then
> put up with clips.
> Option 1 of course it to bust it.
> Option 2 is to leave it and make a frame around it.
> To try and remove without busting it and ending up in the hospital, I was
> thinking of trying to wrap each end of some thin wire around my glove
> covered hands (like the gansters in movies who get the guy in the front
> seat around the neck) and run it between the mirror and wall "slicing" the
> adhesive. Hopefully the adhesive is not rock hard. Putty knife effort leads
> me to believe it's not.
> Any thoughts, better ideas, comments?
hang a new flat tv over it. add a similar mirror on the opposite wall.
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Posted by DK on February 15, 2007, 7:43 am
Put lots of masking or painters tape over the glass and it won't
slice your head off when it breaks.
wrote:
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>Have a 30x36 1/4" rectangular mirror on wall. Loosened 4 mirror clips. No
>budge. Break any paint bead. No budge. Ran 4-5" putty knife between wall
>and mirror around perimeter. Seems to have "cut through" something but
>still no budge. My guess is builder put some kind of adhesive on it then
>put up with clips.
>Option 1 of course it to bust it.
>Option 2 is to leave it and make a frame around it.
>To try and remove without busting it and ending up in the hospital, I was
>thinking of trying to wrap each end of some thin wire around my glove
>covered hands (like the gansters in movies who get the guy in the front
>seat around the neck) and run it between the mirror and wall "slicing" the
>adhesive. Hopefully the adhesive is not rock hard. Putty knife effort leads
>me to believe it's not.
>Any thoughts, better ideas, comments?
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> budge. Break any paint bead. No budge. Ran 4-5" putty knife between wall
> and mirror around perimeter. Seems to have "cut through" something but
> still no budge. My guess is builder put some kind of adhesive on it then
> put up with clips.
> Option 1 of course it to bust it.
> Option 2 is to leave it and make a frame around it.
> To try and remove without busting it and ending up in the hospital, I was
> thinking of trying to wrap each end of some thin wire around my glove
> covered hands (like the gansters in movies who get the guy in the front
> seat around the neck) and run it between the mirror and wall "slicing" the
> adhesive. Hopefully the adhesive is not rock hard. Putty knife effort leads
> me to believe it's not.
> Any thoughts, better ideas, comments?