My apologies if this is not the correct forums. I couldn't find a carpentry or woodworking forums. Feel free to point me there.

I have a Leslie speaker cabinet I am refinishing. It is plywood with veneer. Someone has glued a bunch of boards inside the cabinet that are in the way and blocking the louvers, I need to remove them. They used woodglue but also sealed them with silcone. I need a chemical that will soften or eat the glue and silicone. I will be refinishing the outside of the cabinet so if any seeps through and eats the finish it will be OK, but I don't want to damage the veneer too badly.

I need to be able to buy a couple gallons of whatever it is pretty cheaply. There is a LOT of glue and silicone that I will need to remove.

Thanks guys!

-CFR-

Hi cfr

Try listing in the furniture section of home and garden. I think experts in that section may be more helpful.

Let me know how u make out.

Chuck

It is pretty difficult to envision exactly what you are describing. Show us a picture. Only way to remove the silicone is scraping. Water will should soften the wood glue but you will probably have difficulty getting the water to the glue because of the silicone. Show us a picture.

Well, maybe not. See: 3M 08984 Ships Store Torresen

Generally baffles can be part of the speaker design, Be careful what you remove.

See: SpeakerBuilding.com - Toccata Grande, Part 2, Page 2

Thanks, I'll try that section.

KISS this was a botched conversion job that I need to undo. They had no clue what they were doing, I do.

Here are some pictures.

Here is the inside of the cabinet, you can see the boards they glued with silicone and wood glue, as well as the residue from where I was able to remove boards (and other things) glued with silicone.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...th_leslie1.jpg


Here is one section of the cabinet where I was able to partially remove a board. As I got further down however, my prying was more likely to crack the cabinet than remove anything

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...th_leslie2.jpg


Here is an outside shot showing the louvers they were attempting to seal off with the boards. I have no earthly idea why, as they are where the sound escapes from

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...th_leslie3.jpg


Here is the shot of the inside of a DIFFERENT cabinet, this is what it is SUPPOSED to look like:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...th_leslie4.jpg


You can see the space where a shelf goes, just above the louvers. Both cabinets have that shelf removed and I will need to reinstall it.

If there are any woodworking experts near Madison, WI, I would love to trade favors! Come give me a hand! I'll throw in gas money and food and a little something extra.