Hi all,
I have always HATED 5200. Will not allow a tube near my boat. if you want to take something off/apart that has 5200 applied you have to blast (but good for a hull to deck joint). Although I hear from Mike at Anderson Boatworks that heating the object bedded with 5200 will soften it allowing easier removal.
I have run across and interesting alternative bedding compound, and can find no disadvantages to it. It’s called buytl tape. Read one comment where a boat owner was removing his genoa slide tracks that had been down for 30 years. No leaks and the buytl was still playable and sticky.
Found this great thread on it at http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/47886-butyl-tape.html
I just bought a cartridge of it for $2.50 ( a cartridge of 5200 lists at 18.59 on Defender), but have ordered online the tape version. Seems like a very convenient way to use it.