My Dreamhouse Instructions - Take Apart
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6. If the Foundation is glued to the House on the "My Dreamhouse"
it will have to be removed. To do this you will use a heat source (hot-air
gun, hair dryer, heat lamp, iron if the parts aren't painted) and a slender
spatula (shown is a cake icing knife). This is a slow process so set aside
an hour or more so you won't get impatient with your progress.
The key is to heat slowly, to let the heat penetrate to the glue, and
to stretch and cut the glue with the hot knife. Keep moving the heat
source so the surface of the wood doesn't get too hot (if it's painted, it
takes longer still because heat too-hot-to-touch can scorch the paint),
keep heating the knife and moving it along the glue joint. Take it easy
and keep at it... you will triumph! If a helper is available, consider an
iron and a hot air gun working together to provide more heat.
Hot-air gun or hair dryer
Hot-air gun or hair dryer
keeps the knife hot
keeps the knife hot
Keep the heat source moving so the
surface never gets too hot to touch
B. Separate the Floor from the
Foundation around the edges
A. Remove the Floor Trim
A. Remove the Floor Trim
and the Horizontal Trim
and the Horizontal Trim
C. Separate the Middle Foundations
D. Scrape the old glue off with a knife
or furniture scraper. Continue heating
with hot-air for easier scraping.
If the Foundation didn't get glued to the Floor,
and the Trim is glued to the Foundation only,
lift off the house and skip this page
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Furniture Scraper
