I am working on an abandoned kit that Van's shipped in 2001 which had both blue and white plastic sheet on various Aluminum sheets. The blue plastic came off after heating as others already mentioned. It was not as easy to remove as "fresh" plastic would be but not too difficult. However, the white plastic was almost impossible to get off with or without heat and then only about one square inch at a time. I tried different options but cheap paint stripper took it all off relatively easy after a good soaking using a plastic auto body sqeegee as a scraper. The aluminum was not damaged.
My best advice is take it all plastic off as soon as possible and solve the problem as that stuff ages OR the previous owner MAY have stored the white covered pieces (smaller spars) in the sun resulting in UV damage. I can't say the cause but the blue & white are different. Fortunately, the white plastic covered only a few pieces.
Dick DeCramer
N500DD RV6
RV8 wing kit
Northfield, MN