Re: Re: Covering glue and application

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:34:07 +0300

Marty Sasaki wrote:
>
>
> One thing that helps is to turn the can upside down and spray until it
> goes clear. This clears out the head nicely. Be careful not to spray
> too much, otherwise you end up running out of propellant before you
> use up the glue.

Always done that, yet my can has started to spray "threads".

> Having said that, the easiest way for me to use this glue is to thin
> it out quite a bit, so that the solvent is just cloudy. I place the
> frame face down on the film in a frame, the film being slack enough so
> that the entire frame is in contact with the film. I then place a drop
> near the frame, on the outside. The surface tension draws the glue
> right into the joint. If I need more stickum, I do it again.

Hmm, then I would need to learn a new covering method :-( This far I
have only unrolled the covering on a sheet of clean newspaper, used
clean fingers to spread it out and smooth all wrinkles. Then applied
glue on the frame, placed it (upside down) on the film, rolled one spar
to the film, rolled the other, and cut the wing/tail free. The ribs need
to bend/flatten a bit while the surface rolls on the film, but I have
not broken a single rib in the process thus far.


-Tapio-
Received on Fri Aug 28 2009 - 20:39:19 CEST