Sugar Board - Used to remove old PRC

[Littleoldwinedrinkerme]

Does anyone know the 'proper name' for sugar board. Even better, does any one have a sect/ref for it?DT_Xtremez_26:

 

[I Look Like Kevin Costner]

There are commerical PRC softening chemicals and plastic scrapers available and universally used in the civil industy. I will look up the part numbers tomorrow and see if I can access the safety data sheets. The old tool foam is a jurrassic way of removing PRC, like the idiots that use GS screwdrivers and metallic scrapers to do so.. You will damage the airframe with scribe lines however careful you think you are!

I do know the part numbers of some particulary useful soft scrappers authorised by boeing.. Think Kemfast Aerospace supply them and the 10mm ones are 10108 and 20mm was 10109..

 

[Littleoldwinedrinkerme]

There are commerical PRC softening chemicals and plastic scrapers available and universally used in the civil industy. I will look up the part numbers tomorrow and see if I can access the safety data sheets. The old tool foam is a jurrassic way of removing PRC, like the idiots that use GS screwdrivers and metallic scrapers to do so.. You will damage the airframe with scribe lines however careful you think you are!

I do know the part numbers of some particulary useful soft scrappers authorised by boeing.. Think Kemfast Aerospace supply them and the 10mm ones are 10108 and 20mm was 10109..

On behalf of the jurrassic dinosaurs at St Athan, working on antiquated aircraft, I thank you for your pearls of wisdom.

 

[Stevienics]

the idiots that use GS screwdrivers and metallic scrapers to do so.. You will damage the airframe with scribe lines however careful you think you are!
QUOTE]

What about if you are really, really, really careful?

 

[Littleoldwinedrinkerme]

the idiots that use GS screwdrivers and metallic scrapers to do so.. You will damage the airframe with scribe lines however careful you think you are!
QUOTE]

What about if you are really, really, really careful?

You would not believe just how careful we are here! DT_Xtremez_19:

 

[Stevienics]

Oh I know. I too was "careful" there! Good thing about Bucc Storage (sort of Dignitas for old planes) ......going at it with a coal chisel counted as "careful".

 

[I Look Like Kevin Costner]

On behalf of the jurrassic dinosaurs at St Athan, working on antiquated aircraft, I thank you for your pearls of wisdom.

Fine, have some more then..

Yeah, I bet. I saw so much damage done in my time in the mob by people who where careful with that chisel/drift/homemade scrapers and also in civvy street too. The link below shows the scrappers that are mandatory to use where I work (and they do have the sharper to restore them!) They work so much better than that old bit of prespex and the old tool foam block that disintergrates as you use it. They also have a nice interchangable handle that fits all sizes..

The correct tools for the job

I don't think you can demand the old red ****e anyway. The black soft tool foam replaced it years ago. We had to make do with the high density aerospace composite repair foam and that was 10 years ago!

As for antiquated aircraft, I've just finished a check on a 727.. Almost as old as a VC 10.. 737-500 tomorrow.. Classic, you know..

 

[Littleoldwinedrinkerme]

Correct tools for the job

Correct tools for the job

Thanks. We have tried the tools from elixair and were not impressed. We use Skyrestore by the gallon, when we can get hold of it! I'll do some research on the composite repair foam. We don't need a great deal as Major Maintenance on the VC10 here at St Athan finishes in dec 2010.

 

[da i ddim]

sugar block is great and always has been as it doesn't damage the airframe the only thing was the surface finish which was no great bother you just had to go to painters.