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Originally Posted by julianburke
As for removing the faceplate on a bonded face, a rebuilding plant that I would work at on nights and weekends, we would place a clean scrubbed tube facing a large (2' X 2') natural gas radiant heater (about two feet away) and after about 10-15 minutes we would place it face up on a wooden box with a one foot hole and take piano wire with a wood dowel on each end then place your knee against the tube and pull the wire between the faceplate and tube and pull. Be sure to wear heavy gloves when doing this not to mention handling the hot tube from the radiant heater. It would slice through with ease.
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That was probably true for CRTs that were less than 10 years old. My experience with 40+ year old CRTs tells me that the laminate has dried out completely and is much harder now, and a wire will need a lot more force making it a tough pull, and a very risky one. And you definitely need to wear more than just gloves to use a wire on a hot tube.
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