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Originally Posted by Eaglepilot2
Have a question for the more experienced builders. I have two older Astro hogs that I would like to renovate but I'm having a terrible time removing the old covering. One looks to be covered in monokote and is so brittle it's just coming off in small bits. The other one looks like some kind of fabric, maybe coverite or coverall, and although it peeled away ok, it left all the color on the wood?? Does anyone have any ideas as to how to remove these covering issues?
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Have you tried heat? I usually heat it up and scrape/sand it off. Don't worry so much about the color as long as the surface is smooth. Maybe a combo of heat and the other fellows tape trick
Maybe some acetone after heat/scraping?