Patent ID: 7093993

Claim:
A method of cleaning a coated surface of an article, the method comprised of the steps of providing a coated article, the article comprised of a component of a gas turbine engine assembly installed in the flowpath of a gas turbine engine, the article having a damaged coating area; providing an apparatus having an applicator communicably connected to a liquid dispensing unit by a dispensing tube, the liquid dispensing unit comprised of a liquid reservoir containing a cleaning solution, the liquid reservoir communicably connected to the applicator by a dispensing tube; cleaning the damaged area of the coating with the apparatus by moving the applicator across the damaged area; dispensing a liquid from the apparatus by applying external pressure to the liquid reservoir; distributing the liquid using the applicator; providing a second apparatus comprised of a liquid dispensing unit comprised of a liquid reservoir containing a liquid, the liquid reservoir communicably connected to one end of a dispensing tube, and a dispensing tip communicably connected to the opposite end of the dispensing tube, the apparatus further comprised of at least one applicator attached to, but not communicably connected with, the fluid dispensing unit; and dispensing a liquid from the dispensing tip of the second apparatus by applying external pressure to the liquid reservoir; and distributing the liquid using the applicator of the second apparatus.