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jcumins(at)jcis.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject: Easiest way to remove blue plastic from sheet aluminum

Well  

   

Call me a rookie.  I want to remove strips of the blue plastic over the rivet rows to I can still protect most of the metal while I work on it and still set rivets.  

   

What have most of you builders done to do this.   

   

Thanks  

   

John   

   

40864 Emp heaven  

   

   

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Deems Davis

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Easiest way to remove blue plastic from sheet aluminum

A soldering iron with the tip polished/rounded a bit,  so it doesn't 

scar the alclad. Although you should be aware some builders have 

reported that after some prolonged time in storage, they removed the 

plastic and found corrosion ?????. I know that If the blue film gets 

exposed to a heat source (direct sunlight e.g.) it will develop 

wrinkles, and these areas are opportunities for moisture to collect. I 

did the soldering iron thing, myself,  and didn't find any corrosion 

(but I live in Arizona) However,  now as I'm ready for paint, I question 

whether the hours spent doing it were worth while. (It did make the 

parts 'easier to look at' during the work steps and storage  )



Deems



John Cumins wrote:

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 Call me a rookie.  I want to remove strips of the blue plastic over 

 the rivet rows to I can still protect most of the metal while I work 

 on it and still set rivets.



  



 What have most of you builders done to do this.



  



 Thanks



  



 John



  



 40864 Emp heaven



  



  



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bob.kaufmann(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: Easiest way to remove blue plastic from sheet aluminum

John  

   

What I did was start a roll and kept building on it.  It originally was small but now I have 3 that are over 6 inches in diameter and about 16 inches long.  Just start the plastic on the roll and roll it off.    

   

Bob K  

Wiring panel and massive headache  

       

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Well  

   

Call me a rookie.  I want to remove strips of the blue plastic over the rivet rows to I can still protect most of the metal while I work on it and still set rivets.  

   

What have most of you builders done to do this.   

   

Thanks  

   

John   

   

40864 Emp heaven  

   

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pascal(at)rv10builder.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: Easiest way to remove blue plastic from sheet aluminum

John;

 Unless you plan to keep the plane all aluminum (aka  not paint) I would recommend not wasting your time with trying to solder off the  plastic. I did this for my empennage and part of the wings than finally realized  that just taking off the plastic and working on it (I will paint eventually)  looked better over the last year than the scratches I created with the soldering  iron. If you do want to remove the strips of plastic over the rivets, use a  smoothed soldering iron and using a yard stick; go down the line you want and  peel off the plastic, careful you don’t scratch the alclad while do so however.  

 Another topic I should raise... if you're going to  prime no need to worry about protecting the aluminum since it will all get  covered anyway.

 I now peel off the plastic, deburr and dimple and  (try to) forget about all those happy faces and scratches, it was  losing  battle for me.

 Pascal

  



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Well 

  

Call me a rookie.  I want to  remove strips of the blue plastic over the rivet rows to I can still protect  most of the metal while I work on it and still set  rivets. 

  

What have most of you builders done  to do this.  

  

Thanks 

  

John  

  

40864 Emp  heaven 

  

 

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johngoodman

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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Easiest way to remove blue plastic from sheet aluminum

I started out using a wood burner and a yardstick. Now, I pull the stuff off as fast as I can. The older stuff is harder to remove but a heat gun helps.



Sometimes I leave it on one side if it's going to slide around a lot, such as a drill press table, but it doesn't stay on long.



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