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Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC

03-14-2010, 06:10 PM

Replies: 133

Silk Covering Techniques

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Posted By r_jsmith

RE: Silk Covering Techniques

All true... Actually we always blamed the brittleness on evaporating plasticizer in the dope. I don't know if anyone did a study on it. One thing is for sure the paper covered models were very...

Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC

03-14-2010, 05:22 PM

Replies: 133

Silk Covering Techniques

Views: 39,816

Posted By r_jsmith

RE: Silk Covering Techniques

We used to buy large ladies silk scarfs for less the a dollar in the local Woolworth stores and use them on smaller models. Some of the scarfs were colorfully patterned and the result could be...

Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC

03-14-2010, 12:51 PM

Replies: 133

Silk Covering Techniques

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Posted By r_jsmith

RE: Silk Covering Techniques

<A spray coat of aluminum pigmented dope takes care of the UV problem. >

Yes... but at the loss of the beautiful translucent appearance of clear doped silk.

Its strange that this concern...

Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC

03-13-2010, 11:51 AM

Replies: 133

Silk Covering Techniques

Views: 39,816

Posted By r_jsmith

RE: Silk Covering Techniques

I have been in and out of the hobby since 1940. I was most active in the 50's and the 60's. At that time the preferred covering material was dope with Jap tissue (not Silkspan) for smaller models....

Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC

03-12-2010, 04:40 PM

Replies: 133

Silk Covering Techniques

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Posted By r_jsmith

RE: Silk Covering Techniques

A couple of additional thoughts.... You can work wet silk around the most complex curves without a wrinkle. Just keep it wet and work slowly.

Don't be concerned if the adhering dope blushes...

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