On 2007-12-26 17:37:50 -0500, Bruce in Bangkok said:
You know? I've been reading this on this news group for years and for
all that time, and longer, I've been using 3M 5200 to bed things on
boats and never once have I had any problems in removing the item when
I wanted to.

I agree it is a pretty good adhesive but certainly not impossible, or
even very difficult. to remove items attached with it.

And Jere Lull replied:
My experience has been that with good surface prep, 5200 is
essentially "forever" (or at least greater than a decade). Extremely
tough to cut, stayed flexible and bonded to the surface better than the
gelcoat to the substrate.

But with the new 5200 adhesive removers available in most chandleries it
isn't very hard to remove either.
Red