ORIGINAL: bkdavy
When I recover I just work around the hinge. Its not that difficult. Depending on the gap, cut notches where the hinges are before putting it in place, slide the covering through the gap and then just seal it down on the far side. Cover one side at a time, bottom first, then the top. That way your sealed edges will be facing downward and won't be a noticable.
Brad
Thats what I did on the tail.. I've been picking coating out of the aileron gap for the past 45 minutes...
Prettry tight gap on this arf... I can see that one hinge is crooked. probably why that aileron is a little tighter than the onther..
Some of the covering comes off clean, other parts only the clearcoat comes off and the color stays on the wood. I've picked and sanded it. some is not going to come off.
I've covered a few birds but this is my first stripping...