And last in this gripping narrative of a saga that will stand throughout all times as one of the greatest of stori...
Well, here's how the hull looks, stripped.
There are some linear spots that still have a paint-y appearance, but those are actually an acrylic glue residue from when I adhered some foam to the hull a while back as an experiment. The stripper did soften the residue and would effectively make it removable, if it were left on for much longer than I did. Easier and quicker is to let it harden back up a bit, and simply scrape it off.
It would be really easy at this point to spend just a ittle more time and completely remove 100% of the paint from down in the weave of the cloth and in the little nooks and crannies, but this gets you to 99%+ pretty quickly. For me and what I am doing, this is more than sufficient.
Here's hoping that this method saves some future Ariel fixer-uppers from excessive sanding and/or experimentation with strippers.
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