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Old 09-24-2012 | 08:23 AM
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Default RE: Installing icing on the cake

Yes, ammonia and solvent activates the glue on MONO, not ULTRA.
Trim tape is just a plastic with glue and other then getting it down then using some clear lacquer over the edges I know of no way to keep the oil from the fuel from lifting it. The planes I have it on I have the exhaust pointing away from it so there isn't any problems. It still lifts over time from the sun/heat and cleaning. The mono covering works over TEX coverings for trim but I usually get vinyl sticky back trim or decals made for me and glue the edges down so fuel doesn't get under it. These are more decals like star and dot type of things, roundels and what not. Not really trim. TEX over tex doesn't gas up and bubble very much. You just iron it over the base covering with as little temp as you can use to get it to stick. If it bubbles a small sharp pin to poke a couple holes in it will remove the air. When done I use the trim iron around the edges. It doesn't lift.
If you want something like the auto trim lines that doesn't lift then get a great planes trim cutter and cut your own. I can cut covering into strips under 1/16 with mine. I also use it to cut masking tape into lines strips before I paint a plane. It's one of the tools that really works and is worth having.