Hi all,

I posted in the Q & A section but thought I'd try here too.... Anybody have any suggestions for removing Ultracoat to prepare for a recover job? I am trying to do this and not having much luck... the colored adhesive stays while the clear film peels away. Any way to get it all to come off without just sanding??? Thanks in advance!

If you have not removed all the covering, then try removing the balance with some heat.If the covering has seperated from the adhesive and color pigment this is what i do.Get a 1/4x1/4 peice of balsa and sharpen the end so you have an edge, you don't want your scraper harder than the balsa your scraping.Now with your heat gun heat up the residue till it softens and scrape off as much as you can.That will get most of it off, the balance that is left use some lacquer thinner and a cloth and rub it off.You will still have some color bleed left on your balsa frame work, but it will be smooth enough to recover.Hope this helps Chris.

OK so the clear film cleared away then eh. Ok then what I would do is get a piece of cloth and soak it a bit with fuel and scrub the surface gently. I found this works because below my plane where the exaust is directed at with all this oil going through the covering, the covering can peel off easily. Especially that the thicker clear film is taken out, its no longer fuel proof.

The last thing you want to do is use fuel.Fuel is full of of lubricants, not good if you want to recover.Stay with Acetone or Lacquer thinner.

oh nvm, disregard my previous post...i forgot that it was a recover job lol...sorry about that.[X(]

For some weird reason I thought that you wanted to lift an ultracote on top of another ultracote.

Heat and peel my friend, heat and peel......