Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: Repairing a Gun Safe - You guys are smart or I wouldn't ask!
I have a big old (1934) fire safe for paper records. I opened the back
panel of the door and found it to have big loose chunks of what is
probably asbestos containing cement. Since there is a lot of brain
power on this group I thought i would ask for advice. I am NOT going to
tear it out and put in new cement. I want to stabilize this these
chunks with some epoxy or silica cement or some other product. I want
to lay the door down and drizzle it into the cracks and have the blocks
cement themselves together and be done! (PLEASE don't get into asbestos
hazzards and how bad it is, - I know all that!) I just want some
product advice on just might work the best for what I am trying to do,
- product names and where I might get them if possible. I was thinking
of some epoxy which might rebond the chunks to the back of the door and
to themselves, or some concrete driveway crack repair product?? Thanks
in advance for your help.
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Repairing a Gun Safe - You guys are smart or I wouldn't
Bob wrote:
Quote:
I have a big old (1934) fire safe for paper records. I opened the back
panel of the door and found it to have big loose chunks of what is
probably asbestos containing cement. Since there is a lot of brain
power on this group I thought i would ask for advice. I am NOT going to
tear it out and put in new cement. I want to stabilize this these
chunks with some epoxy or silica cement or some other product. I want
to lay the door down and drizzle it into the cracks and have the blocks
cement themselves together and be done! (PLEASE don't get into asbestos
hazzards and how bad it is, - I know all that!) I just want some
product advice on just might work the best for what I am trying to do,
- product names and where I might get them if possible. I was thinking
of some epoxy which might rebond the chunks to the back of the door and
to themselves, or some concrete driveway crack repair product?? Thanks
in advance for your help.
Mix up some Plaster and pour it in. Just be sure to block it from any
areas it could cause problems. That would be the lock mechanism and if
it has fail safes those will need to be protected as well.
Most of the epoxy type products would not be a good choice if you wanted
the safe to stay fire resistant since most of them will smolder and give
off toxic gas or ignite.
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