vasek

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I have looked @ some vinyl 3 microns thick, is that the norm for ww2 lettering? also would the stuff they use for car graphics be fuel proof ?

Thanks,V.

Leroy Gardner

Vinyl can be several thicknesses, I use 1 1/2 mills which is about as thick as a new auto paint job and I think its fuel proof, I have never had a problem with it on my gas planes but I don't get fuel on it.

Go to a sign shop and get some scraps and test it, that's the best way to know for sure.

Leroy

LesUyeda

Are you certain of that 3 micron number. That works out to .0001. Seems way too thin to be manageable.

Les

Rudolph Hart

And don't forget to steal some of the handbrakes clear nail polish to seal the edges.

bhady

I use vinyl from a graphics shop regularly on my glow planes for trim or puncture band-aids with no problems with lifting. This is the stuff used for vehicle graphics. Scraps can be had very inexpensively AKA cheap. Some colors match monocote very well.
bhady

vasek

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Thanks for the tips guys, will give it a try. V.

vasek

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Les, I was told the 3 microns thickness by the clerk. She gave me some scraps, but I have no means of measuring the thickness myself. bummer

LesUyeda

"Les, I was told the 3 microns thickness by the clerk. "

Yeah, and I trust them implicitly. 3 microns is .0001. I don't think that is really what you have. more like .001 at the thinnest A sheet of common paper is about .003/.005, and I don't think you would be able to handle vinyl in that thickness.

Les

aspeed

I understood a micron is .001 mm. and a mil is .001" . Correct me if I am wrong. I just measured a piece of Econocoat and it is .0022" which works out to .0558 mm. I think that is 2.2 mils and/or 55 microns. which is the metric equivilant.

LesUyeda

We're talking apples and oranges here. Mm vs inches.

I will accept your last statement, but where does microns enter into this?

Les

aspeed

I think the clerk above got mils and microns confused in Prague.

vasek

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Never mind the clerk, you guys just confused me even more. THANKS lol

aspeed

I worked in military type machine shops for 30 some years. They are kind of fussy about measuring stuff.

LesUyeda

Always glad to help:-))))))))))))))))))

Les

vasek

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One would hope so ... :-0