New (to me) stripper.....

No Ty, not Bambi from Memphis! I think she lived in Millington.
Have been using an excellent paint stripper lately. Aaron picked up a quart at Wally World to try and it has been great.
It is called "Dad's Stripper", comes in quarts or Gallons, has a spray bottle with it, goes a LONG way, removes all the finishes I have tried it on, will even remove the paper if you want it to.
ALSO, it eats plastic, so tape that off if you don't want a mess.
Use rubber gloves, etc., for safety. Best stuff I have ever tried!
A little practice as to how long you leave it on, etc., will let you determine just how much finish you want to remove.
HTH
Bill

Ah Bill,

Finally someone else! I mentioned this stuff here a couple years ago, its great! What I had was my Veco Chief done in yellow silk span and 2 coats of Sig (yuck!) clear. I then put on a coat of Hobby Poxy clear and the whole thing turned into a horrible mess where the epoxy bled into the fiber of the span in places and just laid there in others. Obviously this doesn't work. Anyway I went to get some stripper and decided to try something a little more pricy then I normally would knowing I had the epoxy to cut. I sprayed the stuff on and waited the minimum time and to my amazement I pealed the airplane like a banana. The span came off in full pieces as they had been applied and didn't tare a single piece. After lacquer thinner bath and a quick sanding I was ready to do it again, this time in Brodak clear and yellow span. Came out nice.

Randy,
So far we have stripped 3 planes. Aaron's Ares, my Parrot P-47, and the remains of my first SV 11.
Aaron has refinished his Ares, and flown it in a couple contests.
My two are in the refinishing stage. A Thunderbird II is next for the stripping!
Love that stuff
Bill

Bill, after applying stripper, do you plastic bag the airframe, or let it just sit, exposed to the atmosphere? Indoors or out? Thanks.
Mike

Mike,
My technique has been to spray it on, take an old dope brush and spread it, and wipe it off with paper towels. It does "burn" a little if you get it on bare skin. Not so much my hands, but the arms and such. I use long rubber gloves now.
If you leave it on too long and it dries out, a new application will take it off.
On the SV 11 stab (auto lacquer) I sprayed it on and wiped the paper towel right into a trash can almost as soon as I got it all covered.
Bill

>Ah Bill,
>
>Finally someone else! I mentioned this stuff here a couple
>years ago, its great! What I had was my Veco Chief done in
>yellow silk span and 2 coats of Sig (yuck!) clear. I then
>put on a coat of Hobby Poxy clear and the whole thing turned
>into a horrible mess where the epoxy bled into the fiber of
>the span in places and just laid there in others. Obviously

Randy/Bill;

Randy mentioned that it will dissolve plastic. Does that include Monocoat or other film type finishes?

Mike,

I never had to bag it, it works quite fast.

Bob,

I never used it around $kote so I couldn't say, its pretty potent stuff though. If a I had any on hand I'd go give it a test, maybe Bill can.

Bob,
I did say it will craze plastic (canopies). I found that out the hard way.
Have not tried it on monocoat, but I do have a Magnumm with a couple small pieces of the covering left on it. Will try it there. I usually use the heat gun to take off the monocoat. Only did it twice, though, because I have only had three planes covered with it!
Bill