Removing tape residue from canopy

Time to replace some yaw strings. Can anyone recommend a good way to
remove old tape residue without doing violence to the canopies?

Thanks,

Mark -- B9

On Mar 22, 11:55*am, BravoNiner wrote:
Time to replace some yaw strings. *Can anyone recommend a good way to
remove old tape residue without doing violence to the canopies?

Thanks,

Mark -- B9

Try 3M's "General Purpose Adhesive Remover" Part Number: 08984

It's excellent on a number of surface types. I can't recall using it
on Plexiglas--but get a can and try it on a scrap piece. I've found
the product online and at Ace Hardware. It's great on my painted
surface for removing gap seal tape residue--and it doesn't affect the
acrylic finish.

What I do now with my string: drill a very small hole at the point
where you want the string on the canopy. Insert the yarn string and
secure with a small "keeper" from the inside. This totally eliminates
the tape. The keeper I use is a hobby-store RC accessory used for push
rod connections. Made of nylon, I super glue it to the string and it
works well. Doesn't mar the canopy.

On Mar 22, 10:24*am, wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:55*am, BravoNiner wrote:

Time to replace some yaw strings. *Can anyone recommend a good way to
remove old tape residue without doing violence to the canopies?

Thanks,

Mark -- B9

Try 3M's "General Purpose Adhesive Remover" Part Number: 08984

It's excellent on a number of surface types. I can't recall using it
on Plexiglas--but get a can and try it on a scrap piece. I've found
the product online and at Ace Hardware. It's great on my painted
surface for removing gap seal tape residue--and it doesn't affect the
acrylic finish.

What I do now with my string: drill a very small hole at the point
where you want the string on the canopy. Insert the yarn string and
secure with a small "keeper" from the inside. This totally eliminates
the tape. The keeper I use is a hobby-store RC accessory used for push
rod connections. Made of nylon, I super glue it to the string and it
works well. Doesn't mar the canopy.

No, the horror. Drilling a hole in the canopy for a yaw string?

Bumper's yaw strings are the way to go. The clear plastic base looks
so professional.

Darryl

"BravoNiner" wrote in message
...
Time to replace some yaw strings. Can anyone recommend a good way to
remove old tape residue without doing violence to the canopies?

Thanks,

Mark -- B9


Mark,

I've used denatured alcohol with a clean microfiber cloth. Saturate a small
section of cloth and gently rub over the old adhesive. Depending on the type
of tape use, this can be an arduous process. You can use your fingernail to
help, though this can sometimes result in scratches.

My MKIII "high tech" yaw string avoids the tape residue problem. After a two
year outdoor exposure test (in California sun), the outer clear plastic
layer of the MKIII base lifts off leaving the clear adhesive behind. Then
the clear adhesive easily and cleanly "rolls off" the canopy with finger
pressure. Besides, the MKIII looks nicer than tape.

bumper
Quiet Vent and MKIII yaw string
bum per m at att dot net

We're updating our entire fleet with the MKIII yaw string. No excuse
not to -- it's not expensive and it looks so much better than yarn and
tape. It changes the appearance from that of an afterthought to a
proper flight instrument. Besides that, if we can keep Bumper busy
making them he won't come mooch lunch off us all the time. Fred

On Mar 22, 12:36*pm, "bumper" wrote:
"BravoNiner" wrote in message

...

Time to replace some yaw strings. *Can anyone recommend a good way to
remove old tape residue without doing violence to the canopies?

Thanks,

Mark -- B9

Mark,

I've used denatured alcohol with a clean microfiber cloth. Saturate a small
section of cloth and gently rub over the old adhesive. Depending on the type
of tape use, this can be an arduous process. You can use your fingernail to
help, though this can sometimes result in scratches.

My MKIII "high tech" yaw string avoids the tape residue problem. After a two
year outdoor exposure test (in California sun), the outer clear plastic
layer of the MKIII base lifts off leaving the clear adhesive behind. Then
the clear adhesive easily and cleanly "rolls off" the canopy with finger
pressure. Besides, the MKIII looks nicer than tape.

bumper
Quiet Vent and MKIII yaw string
bum per m at att dot net

So Bumper Being a relative newbie, what is a Mk III yaw string????

Pete

Newbie, schnewbie. The problem is, he's too cheap to advertise. So
you only learn about them from first-hand experience. And once you
see one ya gotta git one yourself! The thing is, good enough seems
good enough for most of us until someone comes along and improves on
it, then you think "why didn't I think of that?" Bumper makes a habit
of thinking of those fixes that we all would have thought of if we
were not satisfied with the status quo. Maybe he'll toot his own horn
on RAS, but I kinda doubt it. Shy, don't you know. There's just one
thing -- when you order your MKIII, ask him how he came up with the
brilliant idea for the installation tool! It's genius!


Fred

So what is it and where do you get it??????

Mike Schumann

wrote in message
...
Newbie, schnewbie. The problem is, he's too cheap to advertise. So
you only learn about them from first-hand experience. And once you
see one ya gotta git one yourself! The thing is, good enough seems
good enough for most of us until someone comes along and improves on
it, then you think "why didn't I think of that?" Bumper makes a habit
of thinking of those fixes that we all would have thought of if we
were not satisfied with the status quo. Maybe he'll toot his own horn
on RAS, but I kinda doubt it. Shy, don't you know. There's just one
thing -- when you order your MKIII, ask him how he came up with the
brilliant idea for the installation tool! It's genius!


Fred

He's on his way to the mall right this minute, but he'll answer later
today. My description wouldn't do it justice! Fred

Yes, but he needs a whole team of editors to re-write those instructions!
Geez!

I spent the afternoon putting them on our club's fleet, front and back
seats. Come fly with us at Central Indiana Soaring Society and we'll show
you how they work.

(I'll admit that I shortened the process by using a little bit of the
eyeball judiciary instead of all that measuring, trimming cutting, sitting
inside with a dot, etc. Mine look pretty good [enough for students] but
they would have been better looking if I had done all that other stuff. I
did use a string to find the centerline.)



At 21:09 22 March 2009, wrote:
Newbie, schnewbie. The problem is, he's too cheap to advertise. So
you only learn about them from first-hand experience. And once you
see one ya gotta git one yourself! The thing is, good enough seems
good enough for most of us until someone comes along and improves on
it, then you think "why didn't I think of that?" Bumper makes a
habit
of thinking of those fixes that we all would have thought of if we
were not satisfied with the status quo. Maybe he'll toot his own horn
on RAS, but I kinda doubt it. Shy, don't you know. There's just one
thing -- when you order your MKIII, ask him how he came up with the
brilliant idea for the installation tool! It's genius!


Fred