After taking a few pics of the original covering scheme for posterity, I began removing covering last night. No need for heat, solvent, etc. It is so old it just peeled right off. What I found underneath was kind of interesting. While the builder was obviously very skilled (more so than me), some of the things I would have done were not done, such as filling gaps in the balsa and rounding edges of control surfaces. I'm assuming this may have been because the fabric and multiple coats of paint do quite a bit to cover imperfections.

I think I will use solartex for recovering, although I wish the color selection were a little greater.

-Scott