Sealing Plastic Covering

[D Suding]

I haven't covered or painted a plane in about 10 years. I forgot how much
fun it is. I forgot all the little things that used to be automatic. It's
all coming back to me now...

I'm trying to paint in between monokoting and house chores. Man it's fun
to build airplanes!

-D

> 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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