Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant which 
is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey laminate worksurface 
which its mounted on...... it looks a bit out of place and would be better 
clear silicone rather than white....but before I do that I need to remove 
the white silicone without damaging the laminate surface. So far I am trying 
a surgical scalpel gently and slowly....but its slow and not 100% 
...........am I missing a trick here?

all the best

Barry

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"bs"  wrote in message 
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> Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant which 
> is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey laminate 
> worksurface

> So far I am trying a surgical scalpel gently and slowly....but its slow 
> and not 100% ..........am I missing a trick here?



Silicone eater , cant say if its any good I've not used it ... yet.

www.screwfix.com

Quote No. 18504

HTH

Lard

bs popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and said

> Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant
> which is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey
> laminate worksurface which its mounted on...... it looks a bit out of
> place and would be better clear silicone rather than white....but
> before I do that I need to remove the white silicone without damaging
> the laminate surface. So far I am trying a surgical scalpel gently
> and slowly....but its slow and not 100% ..........am I missing a
> trick here?


 Nope, no trick what to do is remove as much of the silicone
mechanicaly (without causing damage) as possible then apply a
"silicone sealant remover", brand in front of me is Unibond (150 ml)
available from B&Q [1] leave for 2~3 hours and remove gunk
produced with a spatula or similar, wipe of any "detritus" with a
dry cloth, really thick seals may need two or three applications.
   When all traces of the old seal are removed wipe down with
methylated spirits before re-applying your clear silicone.

[1] Other makes and other stockists are available.

-- 
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

bs popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and said

> Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant
> which is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey
> laminate worksurface which its mounted on...... it looks a bit out of
> place and would be better clear silicone rather than white....but
> before I do that I need to remove the white silicone without damaging
> the laminate surface. So far I am trying a surgical scalpel gently
> and slowly....but its slow and not 100% ..........am I missing a
> trick here?


 Nope, no trick what to do is remove as much of the silicone
mechanicaly (without causing damage) as possible then apply a
"silicone sealant remover", brand in front of me is Unibond (150 ml)
available from B&Q [1] leave for 2~3 hours and remove gunk
produced with a spatula or similar, wipe of any "detritus" with a
dry cloth, really thick seals may need two or three applications.
   When all traces of the old seal are removed wipe down with
methylated spirits before re-applying your clear silicone.

[1] Other makes and other stockists are available.

-- 
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

Remove as much as you can mechanically with scraping, single edged razor 
blade, craft knife W.H.Y. then treat the surfaces with silicone sealant 
remover (meths will have no effect at all on the fine layer left). Once the 
silicone remover has soaked in to the last layer with scraping. You will be 
amazed at what the remover gets off from areas you thought were virtually 
perfectly clean.

The remover is available in most DIY sheds, decent hardware stores or online 
from people like Screwfix.com.

-- 
Marcus

I like people, they are bio-degradable !.

Marcus popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and said

> Remove as much as you can mechanically with scraping, single edged
> razor blade, craft knife W.H.Y. then treat the surfaces with silicone
> sealant remover (meths will have no effect at all on the fine layer
> left). Once the silicone remover has soaked in to the last layer with
> scraping. You will be amazed at what the remover gets off from areas
> you thought were virtually perfectly clean.
>
> The remover is available in most DIY sheds, decent hardware stores or
> online from people like Screwfix.com.


The methylated spirits is to neutralise the "silicone dissolver"
before putting on another lot of silicone, as if it isn't neutralised
the new silicon will start to dissolve where it touches any of the
"dissolver" that is left.

-- 
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

"LardMan"  wrote in message 
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>
> "bs"  wrote in message 
> news:pZWdnQxjs7dNPO7fRVnyiw@brightview.com...
>> Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant 
>> which is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey laminate 
>> worksurface
>
>> So far I am trying a surgical scalpel gently and slowly....but its slow 
>> and not 100% ..........am I missing a trick here?
>
>
> Silicone eater , cant say if its any good I've not used it ... yet.
>
> www.screwfix.com
>
> Quote No. 18504
>
> HTH
>
> Lard
>
>


Its great, used it the othe day. Basically get as much off as you can first, 
then brush the stuff on. Leave for 10 minutes and wipe off with kitchen 
towel!

Tim Morley popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and
said


> "LardMan"  wrote in message
> news:WMNce.22345$G8.17516@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

>> > Silicone eater , cant say if its any good I've not used it ... yet.

> > www.screwfix.com

> Its great, used it the othe day. Basically get as much off as you can
> first, then brush the stuff on. Leave for 10 minutes and wipe off
> with kitchen towel!


10 mins, must be b***dy good.  The unibond stuff says 2~4 hours
and I found 4~5 hours was usually neccessary.




-- 
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

"bs"  wrote in message 
news:pZWdnQxjs7dNPO7fRVnyiw@brightview.com...

> Any ideas of how to remove a bead of white sanitary silicone sealant which 
> is showing between my stainless steel sink and the grey laminate 
> worksurface which its mounted on...... it looks a bit out of place and 
> would be better clear silicone rather than white....but before I do that I 
> need to remove the white silicone without damaging the laminate surface. 
> So far I am trying a surgical scalpel gently and slowly....but its slow 
> and not 100% ..........am I missing a trick here?
>
> all the best

My mates got grey silicone sealant between his grey/black worktop and 
stainless steel splashback, looks fine, originally had white which stood out 
like a "sore thumb". No idea where it came from though.