And so if finally begins... The first thing I notice, is that the mylar itself below the "water line" appears just as clean and shiny as the mylar above the water line. I see slight dust on horizontal surfaces but the mylar itself appears to be surprisingly clean...
Still, I want to remove the grills so that I can do a better cleaning, and would like to inspect the panels outside of the grill. Also, I need to remove the upper and lower wood end caps so that I can refinish them.
The first snag I've run into, is that there are wires going to each panel that appear to be glued in. I say this because there is one wire, that doesn't have the little Styrofoam disc around the wire (see photos) that appears to be a repair and it is located exactly once little block below where it was previously connected... SO, at this point, I'm not sure how to get everything apart? I can mark each wire going to the panel with the "bundle" that it goes to and where it connects to the little acrylic connector block (I'm going to have to remove these wires anyways, to make sure the free ends are clean or else to strip away a little more of the sheathing to expose some "fresh" wire for the reconnection...
Is this what you guys ran into and did you simply leave the tag-end of the wire connected to the panel when removing them?
