rain gutter

[dave smith]

any one found a good way to remove the trim without damaging it

[Dick Steinkamp]

No. DON'T remove it [xx(].




Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA

[52hawk]

I agree. Leave it on,work around it.But if it absolutely has to be removed,an old-fashioned bottle opener works-remember those? -some times called a 'church key'..
Hook it on the bottom,pry up carefully and gradually work your way along the molding.

LaSalle,Il
61Hawk

[64V-K7]

The church key works great, but you only use it as a helper. Once you get the end started, just sort of twist the piece as you progress and use the opener as an assist to push it off the steel channel.

[bob40]

I prefer a 2"-4" wide piece of soft wood and a deadblow hammer.Has some give to it and can be manipulated easily.Not sure there is a perfect method.

[Roscomacaw]

Getting it off is the easy part. Getting it back on - without flecking off some of your new paint - is difficult at best.

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle


1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Jeff_H]

The other hazard is mangling it while its off. I stored mine in a long thin box for years w/o incident and then managed to mangle one of the pcs when I tried buffing it before reinstalling (do not drink beer while using a buffer....). After that I wised up and taped it to a 4 ft pc of rod and then buffed it in 10" sections at a time while moving the tape. THEN, I manged to put a couple dings in it putting it back one when I pushed too hard

Jeff in ND

'53 Champion Hardtop