Sealing Plastic Covering

[Amir Neshati]

Whip is right, just make sure the edges are ironed down well. I clean the area
that will have trim on it with lacquer thinner and then tack rag it to remove dust. 
If you have enough lighting, you will see all the finger prints disappear after
cleaning the base surface.....

X-Acto blades have a little oil on them, so wiping them with a little alcohol or
other solutions to remove the oil is good. And don't touch the adhesive side 
of sharp/pointy sections of trim with anything...common urge makes us lift the
sharp points with an X-Acto blade  that has oil on it...This is one of the 
reasons some sharp/pointy edges lift....

I use Monokote only and it takes about 230ish deg. to activate the adhesive
with minimum shrinkage, which is what I use for most areas...then I use an iron
without a sock at 270ish deg. for doing the overlaps of top and bottom covering
at the L.E., etc......For Monokote on Monokote using the Windex method, around
180ish deg. is the most I've used and it works well....The Windex method will hold
very well even without heat.....

If you add a couple of drops of blue to a can of K&B clear, it won't yellow like Whip ;-)

Okay, I got excited...it's covering stuff....I'll end it now....I had a Troy moment ;-)

Amir

  In a message dated 4/30/03 9:31:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, junk at velocitus.net writes:



    What is the preferred method of sealing the edges of Monokote or
    Ultracote?  Back ten years ago I used to mix up K&B Superpoxy clear with
    gloss harnened in a 1 oz cup, and brush with a nice paint brush along the
    leading edges and corners, any place that would be prone to lifting.

    What else do you guys do, if anything, to seal these edges?

    -D




  I have not been doing any sealing, the key is to get the edges REALLY hot, they will stay down if they are put down hot (speaking of monocote, I quit using Ultracote because is doesn't seal as well)  Any of the current clear topcotes PPG, DuPount etc would work and I have used this to lay monocote trim on a glass fuse, better than K&B because doesn't yellow.

  Bob 
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