This is the prime reason I will no longer buy ARF's. I will build my own. Sheet the wing and fiberglass and paint. Still come out at the same weight as "moneycote" and the finish will last for years without having to "shrink covering" on a regular basis anymore. Twenty plus years of covering with that crap and it falls off after a few years or the plastic outer covering comes peeling off. Especially if you fly it a lot. My King was one of my "everyday fliers". Thus having to strip a plane and redo it. I have planes I have been flying for more than six years. I have one over thirty years old I bought five years ago.

I am currently redoing a Sig King Kobra because the covering was peeling off. I had flown it for five years before pulling it out of service because the covering was literally falling off in chunks. It is going to be fiberglassed and painted.

To the OP my condolences. Good luck.

The heat gun designed for covering would be a better choice than a hair dryer. It just works better.