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Old September 20th 09, 07:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Brad[_2_]
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Default removing transparency coating

It's almost 11:00 PM and I just finished removing the last of the
Spray-Lat from my HP-24 transparency. Started this morning around
lunch time and pretty much stuck with the project all day.

Thanks to all for suggestions...................... lessons learned:

Paint on Spray-Lat really makes it tough to remove.

Denatured alcohol helps with removal, but really hurts your fingers.

Fingernails make really good removal tools, but they sorta get bent
back
and make nice places for denatured alcohol to flow.

The best scraper is the George Foreman Grill cleaning tool.

Boiling water works great.

I'll be calling Tim next week for some Plexiglas scratch removal
stuff.

Should have some pics of the cleaned up canopy on the HP-24 website
next week, all in all it turned out great and I am pleased with the
results.

Brad