O.T. Killing a hot tub...

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I think so, but why don't you phone around to find a local body shop that does Corvettes and ask them what they use on fender repairs?

Wear OLD clothes and gloves, and maybe plan to toss them afterward. And wear a good dust mask.

Bill, still itching from the fiberglass he used to wrap around heating ducts

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Jonathan Peck - N.Y.

>Sawz all.......saws all, but definately not as much of a party as getting the old chain saw out. Don't forget to wear throw away clothes, cuz if swmbo lets you in the house, you sure did marry the right gal.

Think I would.....

Todd Hughes

>drag it out back ,get a gallon or so of gasoline and just burn it up.Don't know if it would work but sounds like fun doesn't it and I think it would impress the neighbors......Don't ask me how I got rid of my Girl Friends old Couch! Todd

What, no shotgun??

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Why go to all that work? Place an add in the paper saying FREE HOT TUB and people will be beating you door down to get it. Dosen't matter how nasty. Around here free adds are free so you would be out zippo.

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Jonathan Peck - N.Y.

>I likethe viking funeral idea. But if Viking ships are likened to the gods of fertility, what might Todd's girlfriend's couch be likened to???

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Rob Brophy

>Definitely a job for a sawzall...but get a helper to spritz the kerf with some water from a spray bottle to keep the dust down. The fibergalss is really hard on the blades so expect to go through a few of them...use the blades for nail embedded wood, the metal blades will just clog and burn.

An angle grinder with a 1/16" zip disc would work as well.

Be wary of the fumes and dust, both are bad for you. I've never had a problem with f-glass making me itchy but the dust is really hard on your lungs.

Rob..who makes a lot of fiberglass molds for the theatre.

Funny you say that...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Bill, I thought of it, but takes way too many shells.

He shops... he scores!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Thanks all, But after thinking it over, I'm gonna turn it into a pond just like Sr. Willams. Gotta make lamp...

Ahhhhhh, Na wife will never go for it, and I'd be picking drowned critters out of it all the time in summer DAMHIKT.

Anyhow...Lenox makes an abrasive coated blade that is suppost fly thru fiberglass and other adrasive materials with minimal dust. At least that what the tool guy at the lumberyard said @ lunch.

At $14.99 for two, maybe I should re-read Todds and Ernies post...

Note to self: your somwhat abrasive too. Be very carefull.

C'mon, man!

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>You're not far from the water, right? I'm for the Viking funeral, out to sea, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" blaring on the car stereo while you're toasting marshmallows! C'mon, dude - it'd be legendary!

C'mon, man! I see it now...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I can just picture the look on the Harbor Captians face as this bad boy leaves the Santa Cruz harbor.

Scott...thinking maybe time for a kegger on a beach up north with some of my old metalhead friends...

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Scott in Douglassville, PA

>Dude, if I can't make that party, I'll fully expect a video report. That would be worth the trip!

I second that idea

Jack Guzman from Maine

>Unless that tub is totally trashed I bet some poor soul would love a free tub that only needs a little work.Some people will spend more money rehabbing something than a new one would cost.It's worth a try.---Jack

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Andy Lincoln,in Dearborn MI

>Scott,

Is the control panel in good shape or is it shot as well?I have a tub that isn't worth the $$$ of a new panel but could benefit from a used one...Yep ..I'm bottom feeding ....:-)

Andy

Panel? We aint got no stinkin

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

>Panels. Old world tub here... That Jacussie (sp) pump could fire her out into the surf though...

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Glenn Madsen

>unfortunately, it's fire season in California...

meaning, it's the mountains that burn.

I vote for the Sawzall.

I third that idea

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>I put the stupidist trash out in the swale, writ FREE on a sign - and someone always takes it.

Just the other week someone took 4 sheets of plywood with termites running around on them.

Carbide grit blades

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I've used the carbide grit blades commonly sold (cheaper than that, I think), for hard and abrasive materials. They're slower than a tired four-year-old as a hand tool, but work OK in electron-burners. Though I'd keep a fire extinguisher around - they generate a lot of heat in the process.

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Jim Brown

>Reminds me of an old cast iron bathtub I had to make disappear without the nosy building inspectors finding out a few years back. The way the remodel went, it ended up in the basement. Very heavy. A couple aerobic workouts with safety glasses and mister sledge hammer did the trick. My ears are still ringing. Two or three dinner plate sized pieces went into each garbage bag for a month and it was gone.

A similar method might be quick for fiberglass but a maul might work better for you. They have blades for circular saws intended for fiberglass that would be quicker than a sawzall but neither is neander.