Ron
I used Palmolive dish soap and hot water. Made me sweat like a pig in
the 90-deg weather:-) I could only see small shreds of transparent
plastic wrap stuck to various surfaces. I am assuming this is the PVA
agent that has dried to form a thin film. I can peel off small chunks,
but I can't tell how much of the entire surface is covered with this
film. Most importantly, I tried soaking one of these pieces in hot
water and soap and it showed no tendency to dissolve even after an
hour. So obviously I am looking at the wrong stuff, or this is a lot
harder to remove than I had assumed.
Any thoughts?
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM, <rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote:
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> Hi Andrew
>
> "I am not sure what the PVA release agent looks like. My cockpit module
>> has very thick glossy stuff all over the the underside. It looks more
>> like excessive epoxy. But I am concerned if this might be the PVA
>> release agent. If so, it's not going to come off with any amount of
>> washing in soap and water. Some heavy duty sanding would be in order.
>> Does anyone have some advice on this?"
>
> Use the hottest water you can tolerate, we used just plain green Palmolive
> dish washing soap (great hand cleaner)and scotchbright pad. Once water
> sheets rather than beads up you can switch to plain water and
> scotchbright. You need to rinse off all the soap which is no trivial job.
> Just keep rinsing, you could use green scouring pads (for sinks) as well.
> When you think you got it all off, use some hot water "when" you see
> bubbles forming, keep at it.
>
> Ron Parigoris
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