Dumb Question For The Day - Windshield Coating

[Geek]

Was looking at the airplane being outside in the sun more for stuff I am working on and worried about cooking that plastic coating covering the inside/outside of the windscreen. When do most people decide it's time to peel that stuff off. Ten minutes before the DAR shows up? Right after finally mounting the windscreen? I know. It's dumb but I also don't want to wind up like some have on the flaperons where it takes an act of Congress to get the plastic off if you wait too long.

Thanks ahead of time for any input.

Gary

[bbs428]

My windscreen sat in the barn for two years before getting to it. Never sat in the sun for any length of time so I cannot speak to that. Once the doors and windscreen were on permanently, I took the protective coatings off. It came off easy.
Almost immediately I scratched the door! Lol. Oh well, stuff happens so they say, and life goes on. It buffed out.

The flaperon protective coating was a whole other animal. I had to use paint stripper!
To be fair it did protect the skin (to a degree) and they were stored in a barn for a long time (1998 build).
Also had to flush the flaperons with warm water to remove the mud dauber nests! Fun? not so much.

With a fresh build within a few years, I think that would mitigate the stuff I had to deal with.
If you're through grinding, sawing and making dust and grit in your shop, I say you're ready to peel that stuff off!

Just put away the sharp objects around the acrylic! ;)

[Geek]

My windscreen sat in the barn for two years before getting to it. Never sat in the sun for any length of time so I cannot speak to that. Once the doors and windscreen were on permanently, I took the protective coatings off. It came off easy.
Almost immediately I scratched the door! Lol. Oh well, stuff happens so they say, and life goes on. It buffed out.
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With a fresh build within a few years, I think that would mitigate the stuff I had to deal with.
If you're through grinding, sawing and making dust and grit in your shop, I say you're ready to peel that stuff off!

Just put away the sharp objects around the acrylic! ;)

Thanks Brett. Kind of what I was thinking but not sure about the dust and grit thing yet so I'll probably hold short a bit.

G