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 Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: Removing white plastic -- any new news? |
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Gentlemen;
I've trolled through the archives for ideas how to remove
the white plastic from aluminum. A heat gun works if I
carefully score the plastic in 1" - 2" wide strips with a razor;
heat the skin with a heat gun; and slowly pull the plastic.
I've tried a towel soaked with mineral spirits and applied
overnight. There is a bit of separation around the edges
of the plastic from the aluminum. The plastic is too brittle
to pull up. Yet in one area the plastic cleanly separated from
the aluminum. I can take a new single edge razor and
shave off the plastic but leave fine scratches over the whole
area. The razor is nearly parallel to the to the skin when
I do this. The scratching is minor but I can see and feel it.
(It might be equivalent to the scuffing before painting or a
little deeper.
I haven't pursued the Jasco graffiti remover product - I suspect
it could be pretty messy.
Do you have any newer ideas?
Joe Connell
RV-9A FAB and Carb
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finn.lassen(at)verizon.ne
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: Removing white plastic -- any new news? |
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After soaking in meneral spirits overnight I still had to use a plastic spatula in some areas.
The mineral spirits makes the difference between impossible, and feasible to scrape it off.
If you scrape some strips then soak again overnight the mineral spirits has a better chance of getting under the plastic.
Finn
Joe & Jan Connell wrote:
[quote] Gentlemen;
I've trolled through the archives for ideas how to remove
the white plastic from aluminum. A heat gun works if I
carefully score the plastic in 1" - 2" wide strips with a razor;
heat the skin with a heat gun; and slowly pull the plastic.
I've tried a towel soaked with mineral spirits and applied
overnight. There is a bit of separation around the edges
of the plastic from the aluminum. The plastic is too brittle
to pull up. Yet in one area the plastic cleanly separated from
the aluminum. I can take a new single edge razor and
shave off the plastic but leave fine scratches over the whole
area. The razor is nearly parallel to the to the skin when
I do this. The scratching is minor but I can see and feel it.
(It might be equivalent to the scuffing before painting or a
little deeper.
I haven't pursued the Jasco graffiti remover product - I suspect
it could be pretty messy.
Do you have any newer ideas?
Joe Connell
RV-9A FAB and Carb
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