I removed my old toe rails. I decided to replace them. The question is - do you want to reinstall the same toe rails or put on new ones? I used a very thin guitar string (wire) to cut through the old bedding compound. It was slow progress and I went through quite a few wires before I was through. You have to start at one end of the toe rail and saw your way through. I only removed only one this way. I ended up using a chisel and cutting up the other ones in small pieces to get them off. I made new toe rails with a wood called Ipe. It is suposed to be very durable - and lesss costly than teak. I installed them on my J-30 (hull # 195). Time will tell wether they last 20 years or so like the old ones. I didn't use 5200 to bed them - I may want to take them off again to fix future leaks