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Old 11-04-2015 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RWHorton
Not sure about using polycrylic, what I do know and having used flight metal, the surface needs to be pretty hard, you have to burnish flight metal onto the surface. Tom is correct, you get one shot at applying it, touch anything and you will need a new piece.

Ron

I would hesitate to glass, using Polycryllic, if I were to apply Flite Metal. I would be more inclined to use epoxy finishing resin. Like I said in an earlier post, I feel that the Poly C would be too soft.

Glassing with Polycryllic is fine, if one wants to go that route. The Poly C will provide a good surface on which a painted finish can be applied. I'm afraid that the process involved in applying FM would mar the waterborne product, though.