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Old 12-20-2011 | 07:35 PM
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ORIGINAL: speedracerntrixie

What brand and color are you using? 240 degrees seems a bit high. Maybe you can post some pictures of the fuse prior to covering so we can generate more information for you.
That's very LOWfor Ultracote. 240 will start activating the adhesive. Then there is a tightening phase (not full shrink)that comes in about 270. Full on shrinking of the field is over 300.

The SSEturtle deck (TD) is not tough if you are only doing the turtle deck. See pic 1. Lay out your film over the TD's spine. Tack it down just ahead of the fin then pull towards the front adding tension - then tack at the top of the head rest. Go ahead and finish tacking the TDspine by cutting the total length in half - tack the center - cut each segment in half and tack. Repeat until you have short 1" segments left. Then just finish sealing along the spine.

Assuming that you have ample excess covering pull down the sides at the center - not the head rest or F7 (if I remember correctly). Put tension on the film and tack it just below the top edge of the fuse side. Repeat on the opposite side. Move forward stretch and tack both sides - move backward and stretch and tack both sides.

After you tack the bottom edge then it's time to finish off around the head rest (again tacking in the middle) then the F7.

Now time to shrink with the heat gun. Use a piece of cardboard to cover and protect the seams. Ultracote will go through several phases before it's fully stretched. Initially you activate the adhesive. If you look at the surface you will definitely see an orange peel. The next phase is the inital shrink (I call it tightening) where the heat is upped and you apply it over the entire surface - starting in one point and radiate the heat away from it (like spray painting with overlaps). You'll see the surface transform from orange peel to a very glossy and smooth surface. Hopefully this is all you need to do. If more shrinking is necessary (you didn't pull-n-stretch the film before you tacked it initially) you can up the temp which will send the film into full on shrink mode - needs hi temp.



HTH

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