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tcfosser(at)aol.com
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

i am sorry to open this up again as I remember it being beat to death earlier but I can not find it in the archives.  I have one flaperon that has the white plastic coating on it and for the life of me I can not get it off.  I soaked rags in paint thinner on the other one and on one side of this flaperon but it seems to have no effect on the one side.  I have done it for a month now and there is hardly any efferct.  does anyone have any other ideas?  Is there a different solvent to try?  I hate to start to sand it off but I am running out of ideas.  thanks in advance.

 

tim

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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

Heat?  Ron NB Or

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Subject: white flaperon plastic

Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 18:32:14 -0400

i am sorry to open this up again as I remember it being beat to death 

earlier but I can not find it in the archives.  I have one flaperon that 

has the white plastic coating on it and for the life of me I can not get it 

off.  I soaked rags in paint thinner on the other one and on one side of 

this flaperon but it seems to have no effect on the one side.  I have done 

it for a month now and there is hardly any efferct.  does anyone have any 

other ideas?  Is there a different solvent to try?  I hate to start to sand 

it off but I am running out of ideas.  thanks in advance.

tim

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shericom(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

Hi Tim, A little over a year ago I purchased a partly built 1992  M4/1200 Speedster from a gentleman in California, He had been been working on it from time to time but had never removed the white plastic from the flarerons (12 to 13 years!) I spent about two full days getting it off and had the sore fingers for a while to prove it. I found the only way was to heat it with a heat gun, and peel it off a strip or a little bit at a time, very slow work but it did work, with lots of patience and a few burned fingers the job got done.  Lots of luck, hope this is a help, Don



Don Stevenson, Caledon, Ontario Canada

M4/1200 Speedster-912s

tcfosser(at)aol.com wrote: 



i am sorry to open this up again as I remember it being beat to death earlier but I can not find it in the archives.  I have one flaperon that has the white plastic coating on it and for the life of me I can not get it off.  I soaked rags in paint thinner on the other one and on one side of this flaperon but it seems to have no effect on the one side.  I have done it for a month now and there is hardly any efferct.  does anyone have any other ideas?  Is there a different solvent to try?  I hate to start to sand it off but I am running out of ideas.  thanks in advance.

 

tim

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Brett Walmsley

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Location: Savannah, GA

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

A little heat went along way for me.



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aldaniels(at)fmtcblue.com
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

Be careful of solvents as the flaperon is glued together with foam 

cores. There is a good solution, but I don't remember what it is.



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 i am sorry to open this up again as I remember it being beat to death earlier but I can not find it in the archives.  I have one flaperon that has the white plastic coating on it and for the life of me I can not get it off.  I soaked rags in paint thinner on the other one and on one side of this flaperon but it seems to have no effect on the one side.  I have done it for a month now and there is hardly any efferct.  does anyone have any other ideas?  Is there a different solvent to try?  I hate to start to sand it off but I am running out of ideas.  thanks in advance.

  

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Lynn Matteson

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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: white flaperon plastic

I had good luck using the paint thinner that you mentioned...mineral 

spirits. Make sure that it's fresh, maybe? Soak rags spread over the 

surface, and keep them wet for 8 hours or more, then scrape with 

plastic scraper. That's all that I can offer. Mine were 11 years old 

when I got them, but probably kept out of the sun all that time. Maybe 

yours got sun-cooked.



Lynn

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 i am sorry to open this up again as I remember it being beat to death 

 earlier but I can not find it in the archives.  I have one flaperon 

 that has the white plastic coating on it and for the life of me I can 

 not get it off.  I soaked rags in paint thinner on the other one and 

 on one side of this flaperon but it seems to have no effect on the one 

 side.  I have done it for a month now and there is hardly any efferct. 

  does anyone have any other ideas?  Is there a different solvent to 

 try?  I hate to start to sand it off but I am running out of ideas.  

 thanks in advance.



 tim

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:09 am Post subject: white flaperon plastic

Try mineral spirits. Using a heat gun made it worse on mine. Wrap a cotton 

towel soaked in mineral spirits and placed on the flaperon with plastic 

wrap. Let is sit for 2 - 3 days and use a good quality plastic furniture 

refinishing scraper.



Joel

Model 5 912 GTA CS prop Aerocomp amphibs



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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject: white flaperon plastic

Try WD-40, it seems to work on everything else.        David  N317DY  =

4-1200 912 UL

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