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Re-covering Wings

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dcrowe1

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I am thinking about recovering the wings. The covering is good except for some areas where during the last paint job,not all of the old paint was completely removed. In these areas, the newcoat is not sticking to the old paint and with the heat here in South Texas thetop coat is peeling off like a banana peel. My A&P thinks the fastest job is to remove theall of the coveringand recover. The time needed to remove the old paintto refinish would be more than removing the covering and starting over.What is the average cost and time needed to recover the four wing panels? What other options are there?
 

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