[NSRCA-discussion] Hinge Seals

[Ron Van Putte]

On Mar 10, 2007, at 8:08 PM, <burtona at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> A fellow pattern flyer friend with a nurse wife put me on to it.

You can buy it from medical supply companies.  I have a small hobby  
shop and I get mine from a company called Vitality Medical.  I sell  
it in my shop for $2.50/roll.  BTW, DuBro sells Blenderm, only the  
retail price is about $4.50/roll.  If you look it up on the Tower  
Hobbies web site, you can actually see the 3M Blenderm label on the  
inside of the roll.

Having said all that, I wouldn't use Blenderm as a hinge seal, unless  
you "kill" the sticky part between the trailing edge of the wing and  
the aileron with something like talcum powder.

Ron Van Putte

>>
>> From: "Jay Marshall" <lightfoot at sc.rr.com>
>> Date: 2007/03/10 Sat PM 09:01:44 EST
>> To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hinge Seals
>>
>> How did you stumble across that?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of  
>> Dave Burton
>> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:31 PM
>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hinge Seals
>>
>>
>>
>> Best stuff I've used for hinge seal is  Johnson & Johnson "Blenderm"
>> surgical tape.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Jay  
>> Marshall
>> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:38 AM
>> To: NSRCA
>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Hinge Seals
>>
>> I have a new ARF that says to seal the control surface gaps with  
>> hinge
>> sealing tape.
>>
>> What is "hinge sealing tape"? (I have some foamie hinge tape - is  
>> this OK?)
>>
>> What is the technique for doing this? Do you seal both sides?
>>
>> Is it necessary?
>>
>>
>>
>> Jay Marshall
>>
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