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I am starting my winter project - 28% W/H Edge 540T V2. Nothing new about that...right?
Well, I wanted something that looked a bit different than the yellow, red, blue, white and black scheme that is currently offered. Don't get me wrong, it's a great looking plane. I just had a different color theme I wanted to try with this plane. Since "ARC" or "white only" planes are not offered with this plane, I chose to buy the plane as covered, then make some color changes to the existing scheme. Let's see where this takes us.......
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After much research on a variety of forums, and some very helpful suggestions from other members, I got up the nerve to start removing the covering. The first thing I discovered was something that has been mentioned by many people - seems like different types of covering is used. Looks different, feels different, acts different when trying to remove. Even with the white - the white on the upper surfaces comes off in tact, and relatively easy, but the black and white on the bottom....what a mess!
Here is some of the "easy" to remove white, and the nasty stuff on the bottom...PITA!!!!
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Some more examples:
Easy...(white on top of aileron), and the NOT Easy.... (bottom of aileron).
The blue came off easy.
Needless to say, the scope of my project has changed since it seems to be impossible to remove the covering I want, and leave the remaining in tact. Oh well, can't turn back now!!!!
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You'll need to clean off the areas where you left a lot of pigment before you start to re-cover. Those areas will show up as bumps or discoloration under the new covering if you don't. The heat gun and a paper towel used to roll up the warm residue will be useful once again. After that use a cloth damp with acetone to get the majority of what's left. Then check the glue joints where you hit them with acetone to make sure the acetone did not loosen up the existing glue.
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You'll need to clean off the areas where you left a lot of pigment before you start to re-cover. Those areas will show up as bumps or discoloration under the new covering if you don't. The heat gun and a paper towel used to roll up the warm residue will be useful once again. After that use a cloth damp with acetone to get the majority of what's left. Then check the glue joints where you hit them with acetone to make sure the acetone did not loosen up the existing glue.
Thanks for the tips!
I am going to try to stay away from solvents as much as possible while cleaning up the airframe. At least with the covering off, it will be alot easier to re-glue if needed.
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I stripped an Ultra Stick once and the same thing happened. The easiest thing I stumbled across was that I had an old roll of transparent monocote laying around. I ironed it down over the area that had glue left on and then just pulled it right off. It worked great and I didn't have to worry about the acetone on the glue joints.
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I stripped an Ultra Stick once and the same thing happened. The easiest thing I stumbled across was that I had an old roll of transparent monocote laying around. I ironed it down over the area that had glue left on and then just pulled it right off. It worked great and I didn't have to worry about the acetone on the glue joints.
Thanks for the input - it just so happens I have a roll of puke tan that I bought by mistake. I will give that a try first, then if more clean up is necessary, move to the acetone.
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Hey Keith,
Thanks for the post in the Edge 540T forum. Thought I owuld give you a visit here....
Looks like you have your work cut out for you.
Will be looking forward to seeing your progress and new color scheme.
I just post some of my Edge 540T project over here if thats alright with you?
Talk to later
Mike
Hi Mike,
It's fine by me if you want to post on this thread. I'll be anxious to see how your build turns out (it's nice to keep both threads active - lot of good info in the original Edge 540V2 thread).
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The airframe is now clean - remember all of that color residue from the old covering???
The first method I tried was to iron fresh covering (from a roll of puke tan I had bought by mistake) over the areas that had residue. Then I took my heat gun and heated the areas while slowly pulling the covering off.
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(bottom of aileron). 
