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Old 10-11-2010 | 11:01 AM
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ORIGINAL: Gray Beard


ORIGINAL: Augie11


ORIGINAL: Gray Beard

It's perhaps the best covering on the market. I use it in colors instead of painting, it's a matt finish and doesn't glare in the bright sun. I cover and remove the sags and wrinkles with an iron then set it out in the hot sun and remove any blems I may get. I cure it this way a couple of times and it is then ready to sit in the hot sun at shows for days on end without a sag. I spray on a clear coat to keep the stains out but I have been known to not clear coat it. The clear coat just makes clean up easier and better. It isn't a must do but it does help. Easiest covering I have ever worked with and there isn't enough weight difference between it or the plastics to worry about.
We had better stop telling folks how good this stuff is. If we keep it up you KNOW it will be discontinued!
Or the price will double!!! Not that it's cheap now.

I know nothing!


Thanks guys, It's perfect for the project I'm working on right now. Mono and Ultra just isn't going to do it. Coverite 21st Century fabric might be too shiny for a WWI bird, so Solartex it is.

Pete