ORIGINAL: JohnBuckner
ORIGINAL: Gray Beard
During my years using mono I don't recall ever going over the ribs with an iron though.
Just for the record here was I said is its important to ''seal all solid surfaces'' It does not matter what method is used an iron or hot air. This is important with a lite trainer wing and even more important with the types that have no wing sheeting that forms a basic D tube such as a Senior Kadet, Seniorita and others. On these all torsional stiffness by design relies entirely on the covering skin. If one only seals the covering skin at the leading, trailing, tip and root edges then you have compromised the design intent of the structure.
John
Got it now John, I iron down everything that is solid like the LE and TE sheeting, only thing I don't iron down is the ribs. Because I cover the wing and stab plus the ailerons and elevators in one sheet I have to iron down the complete TE sheeting or I couldn't do it. I also cure the covering in the hot sun before I add the trim but this time of year that doesn't work, Burrrrrrrrr, bring back summer!!!!