I use the tissue wet and roll several turns over the wood. The whole lot
goes into the oven for 30 min at about 220 F (100 C) and then is left on for
several hours to cool and regain humidity.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce McCrory" <kbdmccrory_at_comcast.net>
To: <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 5:30 AM
Subject: RE: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Not on a roll!
> I'm sorry, Nick. Your comment reminded me of so many of those outdoor
> building articles with catch phrases: "...build the stab in the
> conventional
> manner...", etc. I've been struggling with outdoor for a while. You and I
> are tuned loons (loony-tunes) with tissue "flipping", as I call it, also.
>
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> I've not been successful with Don's "dry" method. Mostly because my wood
> probably isn't dry enough. The tissue bubbles and wrinkles to frustration.
> Unless he is squeezing out some internal wood binder, I don't think the
> stickiness is due exclusively to wood - I'm thinking of molded prop blades
> while I said that, which are strictly wood contact. I've done a lot of
> forming with razor-planed sheet which is washed and dried on newsprint
> prior
> to a second hosing under the faucet for rolling. This stuff is weak, and
> harder to work with than saw cut wood. I still think the culprit is in the
> paper and Don's process just doesn't provide enough moisture to dissolve
> the
> binders.
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> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Not on a roll!
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> Hi Bruce,
>
> Re: I am amused by how easily you can pass over the most difficult
> part of rolling with "the usual way" explanation -
>
> That's the easy bit! When the tissue is wet and flat on the glass, I
> place my mandrel/former on top and along one straight edge with about
> 1/8" of the edge of tissue peeking out towards me. Then, with a fine
> warcolour brush inserted under the tissue edge, I lift it up
> and 'stick it' to the mandrel - as it's wet, it sticks well. Working
> from the centre, I move out to each end using the brush to lift the
> tissue and put it in place - any small wrinkles can be adjusted with
> light finger pressure. When the whole edge is is place, I roll the
> mandrel 1 or two turns before introducing the blank.
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> Thanks for the comments folks, I now have several new methods to try.
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> Nick.
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