ORIGINAL: ram3500-RCU

I attended Monster Planes USA in October of this year. WOW Planes had a booth there and it was the first time I saw this product. The owner showed me a sample of BALSA, yes balsa, with one coat of ''liquid Sheet'' applied to it. It remained flexible, yet had a very hard smooth shell on it that could not be dented with a finger nail. Very interesting. I was a pilot at the event and went back to flying. When I returned, he had sold out. When I got home, I ordered some online.

I plan to use it on a couple foam projects, but in the meantime, I have used it on repairs to a P-38 where previously, I would have used Glass. It is amazingly simple to use, has plenty of working time, but sets up faster that glass. I used the cheap foam brushes he recommends and they really do work great. The part can be handled in about 30 minutes. It flows out extremely well and fills wood grain with just one coat. the next day, the stuff is fully cured and sands nicely. I used 320. I only felt I needed one coat on these repairs (didn't need that second coat to fill the weave because there is none), but on some foams, two might be best. Either way, it is lighter than epoxy, yet seems to have better tensile strength. It bends (within reason) but won't crack. Perfect for models, it would seem. I got three batches of the stuff, but I see it goes a long way. May take awhile to use it all.

So far, I'm impressed with Liquid Sheet, and I'll continue to find uses for it, till I can get to the foam building I plan to do.