Just Purchased Three Roundie Zenith Consoles

[Electronic M]

I'm surprised that you think that Zenith cateracts are a pain to remove. I just warmed mine in the sun and dragged a wire through the glue....After a slow start I got the hang of it quickly and it was easy then on. The only thing that I found annoying was that the center of the glue on two of the three tubes I did was hard and didn't want to come off.

I did three tubes an older roundy which did not give me any troubles peeling off the thick layer of glue, a 1967 vintage rectangular that had about a 2X6" patch of stubborn glue, and a 1971 23V CRT that had a 17" diagonal rectangle of stubborn glue.

The roundy, after peeling off the thick layer by hand, was a snap. All else I had to do was poor some Goof Off (this stuff does a REALLY good job breaking down Zenith type PVA even the little balls that the hand peel off missed) on it and rub down with paper towels 2-3 times before the final Windex rubdown for a mirror shine.

The rectangulars with stubborn glue on the safety glass I poured Goof off so that it pooled over the PVA and let it sit to soften it I then ground away at it my finger nails (not all that fun) untill the primary layer was gone. Resoaking it each time grinding became less managable. This was a bit annoying on the 67', and very annoying on the 71'. I could have skipped all that grinding by not reusing the removed safety glass if I wanted, but I chose to continue using the glass.

What was you experience, and why did it sour you?

[mstaton]

[QUOTE=Electronic M;3022916]I'm surprised that you think that Zenith cateracts are a pain to remove. I just warmed mine in the sun and dragged a wire through the glue....After a slow start I got the hang of it quickly and it was easy then on. The only thing that I found annoying was that the center of the glue on two of the three tubes I did was hard and didn't want to come off.

Compared to RCA tubes they are. I did a 22" rectangular one. It's like sticky buger goo and has a nasty smell. It sticks to everything. Of course I did it inside and the warm sun was no longer available. It's not the PVA RCA uses. The RCA's peel off quite nicely and have the smell of new vinyl. Yum