Ultracote color chart??
03-05-2011, 05:40 PM
#1
Ultracote color chart??
I am slowly changing over my covering from Monokote to Ultracote.. is there a color chart made for all the differrent colors of ultracote like monokote produces for their coverings? Available for purchase??? Thanks Terry B.
03-07-2011, 04:17 PM
#2
My Feedback: (39)
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: warren,
OH
Posts: 283
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Ultracote color chart??
this is the only thing i can find right now you could email them and ask if they have a chart. i moved to ultracote years ago
http://www.hangar-9.com/Products/Ult...px?PageSize=72
or due a search on google for oracover chart. same thing
http://www.hangar-9.com/Products/Ult...px?PageSize=72
or due a search on google for oracover chart. same thing
03-09-2011, 08:13 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Richfield Springs,
NY
Posts: 151
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Ultracote color chart??
I'm not sure just how accurate the colors are on Horizon Hobby's photos but what I did, just yesterday, was send them an e-mail with photo attached showing what I wanted to duplicate. Had an answer this AM telling me what to use. You can't beattheir service.
Tom
Tom
03-09-2011, 05:38 PM
#6
My Feedback: (-1)
RE: Ultracote color chart??
ORIGINAL: FentonFlyer
Dont get rid of all of your monkote as it works great for trimming out a plane that has a Ultracote base.
Dont get rid of all of your monkote as it works great for trimming out a plane that has a Ultracote base.
03-11-2011, 09:37 AM
#12
My Feedback: (-1)
RE: Ultracote color chart??
If you do a search you will find way too many threads about Mono vs Ultra. It's a never ending debate. Mono had to change there formula some years ago due to the EPA. It still works most of the time but some batches and colors will either not stick so well or not shrink. It tends to sag, wrinkle or bubble in the hot sun. Ultra is easier to work with, shrinks well and if you cover the plane and set it out in the hot sun then bring it back into the shop and reshrink the covering a couple of times then apply your trim then the covering will not sag and wrinkle in the hot summer sun.
It's just one of those choice things, some people would never change over from mono and some will never go back to it. I don't use mono for my main color but I do use it for trim. I had to use two rolls of the mono yellow nt long ago and it went down as well as well as ultra and shrunk up great. It did tend to sag in the sun but that's just the nature of the beast. Try them both and make up your own mind. They are both different.
It's just one of those choice things, some people would never change over from mono and some will never go back to it. I don't use mono for my main color but I do use it for trim. I had to use two rolls of the mono yellow nt long ago and it went down as well as well as ultra and shrunk up great. It did tend to sag in the sun but that's just the nature of the beast. Try them both and make up your own mind. They are both different.
03-12-2011, 07:19 AM
#14
Banned
RE: Ultracote color chart??
I have always used Monokote (hi temp) for base colors, and Ultracote (lo temp) for trim. The base transparent red and white are Monokote, and the number 5's on the tail and wings are Ultracote.
Les
Les
03-16-2011, 06:21 PM
#15
My Feedback: (67)
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: lancaster,
CA
Posts: 731
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Ultracote color chart??
I've not had the probs with Monokote that I have read of here, but enough people have complained about it. I have used it since it came out in the early 70s, but I do like the color spread of Ultracoat; the checkerboards and the color change color are pretty cool. I do think that it takes technique to learn to use the stuff whatever brand; Faye Stilley has a few manuals out on film and they are outstanding for the info in them.
