Great answers, I have my old pattern plane needing repairs and my big hold up is I wanted to pull the covering. I have done this a number of times but in this case the plane is old, 1989 and the covering was put on the wood with something like hair spray or balsarite so it isn't lifting off. I never thought about using tape to pull it. The covering comes off in little pieces. The plane is sheeted. In the past when I removed the covering and it left the color on the wood I just used Acetone and then sand paper to remove the color. In this case I just haven't been able to get the covering off. I'll try the tape idea today and see how it works for me. And before someone says to use the heat gun, that's what I have always used but in this case the heat made it harder. The builder also used a wood pecker. Tape?? Sounds good to me!!!