Tools:
Hot Air Gun
Thin Spatula

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Heat the spatula with the hair dryer (or hot air gun)
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The railings are held with a spot of hot-melt glue under the bottom rail
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Lift the Railing off of the peg at the top
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Longer Railings have more than one spot
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Keep the spatula hot to clean off the glue
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Windows and Doors are held with two spots of glue inside the cutout
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Cut the glue from the inside (don't heat the window panes directly)
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Keep the knife hot (don't get heat directly on the window pane)
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Shutters are easiest when the Window is already out
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Two spots of glue for most shutters
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The hot spatula will work the shutter loose
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The hot knife lifts off the glue residue
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Sometimes it's easiest to lift off the gingerbread or Facia
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Gingerbread glues to a backer with spots of glue
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I often leave the flat trim attached
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... but a bit of heat and it lifts off
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It's almost impossible to finish the inside with the stairs in place
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This is where the glue spots are
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I remove Blind Dividers (JM907 and JM1065) to finish in front of them
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