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Removing Protective Strips For Roof

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Fig 1: Identifying Installation Position Of Protective Strips
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  1. Remove protective strip.
    1. 1.1. Heat up protective strip -1-  uniformly using a hot-air gun.
    2. 1.2. Starting at the back -arrow A-  , use an assembly wedge -2-  to prise the protective strip evenly up off the roof -arrow B-  .
    3. 1.3. Loosen remaining bonded areas of the protective strip by pulling it up and off.
      Fig 2: Removing Protective Strip
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  2. Remove traces of adhesive.
    1. 2.1. Remove traces of adhesive in the installation area -arrows-  with an erasing disc.
      Fig 3: Removing Traces Of Adhesive
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  3. Remove the other three protective strips in the same way and remove all traces of adhesive.