I was using a dowell to roll up the plastic. The blemishes started about
halfway down the skin, so for 5' or so it went fine. The blemishes don't
look like they were caused by the force of the plastic as it was being
pulled off, but more like there were some bits of crud, metal ships or
whatever, that got rolled up on the dowell and then imprinted in the skin
every time the dowell rolled over them. I was using a lot of pressure on the
dowell just to keep it rolling, ie the plastic was really stuck on. I think
your idea of removing it in strips is good. That would take less overall
pressure on the dowell to roll it. Also I will try to make sure there is no
foreign material in there. Maybe just ditching the dowell and going slow by
hand is the way to go too. If it took half a day to get the plastic off
without damaging the skin, that is still better than the alternative.
Jesse
From: Mike Kimball <mkimball@gci.net>
Reply-To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: RE: Skin blemishes
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:05:26 -0800
I would find it harder getting the plastic off on a soft surface such as
carpet. Use your table, go slow and careful. Put a lot of pressure on the
uncovered skin with one hand very near to the plastic where you are pulling
on it. Keep the hand that is pulling on the plastic moving to stay close
to
the skin. In other words, don't get a hold of the plastic and keep pulling
until your hand is a foot or more from the skin. Pull a couple of inches
then grab again right at the point it's stuck to the skin. Keep the hand
that's on the uncovered skin moving too to stay close to the plastic you
are
removing. Don't pull straight up. Pull close to parallel to the skin.
Another thing you can try is to split the width of the plastic you are
removing into strips, say about 12-18 inches wide. Start pulling and when
you get it going, grab the part that is separated from the skin and split
it
so you aren't trying to roll off a four foot wide piece. Pull at an angle
on the left side of your strip, then follow with the right side. Keep
going
back and forth like that instead of pulling straight down on the strip you
are removing. Hope this helps.
Mike Kimball
044SR
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