[VACList] RE: VACList Digest V3 #16 Napier Stripper

["goldens510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <goldens510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Buddy,

Not to answer for Jim here, but I want to say that, on his 
recommendation, I tried this Napier product also, and I can attest that 
it's great stuff, a million times better than that noxious Klean Strip 
Aircraft Remover I started with.  It comes in a plastic tub, so it
obviously 
doesn't actually melt plastic.  As Jim explained in his post, it just makes 
the clearcoat separate from the aluminum and peel off in sheets.  I did 
put some masking tape on my marker lights, but I'm not sure it was 
necessary.  It doesn't hurt or seem to do anything if you accidentally get 
it on your skin, either.

One thing I found is that it seems to work better when the weather is 
warm.  I've used it on 3 days so far. When the air was in the 90s, it 
worked easy as pie.  Then I was working on it the weekend before last, 
when it was in the upper 60s, and it didn't work as easily.  It still 
worked, but not as well. 

I should add that Jim and I have the same year coach, so I don't know 
whether what works on our clearcoat will work on everybody's.  I know I 
read on this list that ammonia, for example, works on some years but 
not others, etc.  Nevertheless, I'd sure give it a try if I were you.

Amanda
'68 Safari
WBCCI 7280