Sheeting Wings with Titebond or White Glue
01-10-2009, 07:07 PM
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Sheeting Wings with Titebond or White Glue
Anyone have any experience with this method of sheeting foam wings. An old timer I knew a long time ago used to use it. Supposedly, he would coat both the sheeting and foam core with glue, then let it dry. He would then use an iron to iron on the sheeting.
Need to know just exactly how this done, and does it work?
Need to know just exactly how this done, and does it work?
01-10-2009, 07:33 PM
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RE: Sheeting Wings with Titebond or White Glue
i didn't know you could do foam and balsa like that. i've only seen built up wings with sheeting applied like this. well, i prefer polyurethane glue for foam anyway so i'm not likely to try this method anyway. i am interested though.
01-10-2009, 11:03 PM
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RE: Sheeting Wings with Titebond or White Glue
If you place the glue on both surfaces and let them dry you can be 1/2 done - then add some more glue apply the two pieces together - I believe this is called double gluing and works fine for 'white' glues. Done this many times and it has a fast bond.
01-11-2009, 10:42 AM
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RE: Sheeting Wings with Titebond or White Glue
Yes, coating a surface with any aliphatic glue such as Titebond II, let it dry, then iron it on any other surface, no fresh glue required. The hard part about making this work on two pieces of wood is getting adequate heat to make the bond as wood is a pretty good insulator. I've often used this technique to attach cap strips to ribs, works very well.
