You will be best served if you get hte proper tools, but if you must use a clothes iron, cover it with a cotton t-shirt. Some of the glue from the covering eventually gets on the t-shirt and you can turn the shirt. Use one that has been set aside for rags. It is much better than trying to get the glue off the iron later. They sell socks for the covering irons for the same purpose.

According to the ultracote I just applied, my first covering attempt, the tack down temp is 220 degrees. If your covering is like that, they suggest the following to check the temp.

Set the iron just hot enough so that if you drop water on it it takes a few seconds to boil off. Then it is right around 212-230 degrees. If it steams right away, it is too hot for tacking.

They suggest you shrink the covering at 300 degrees. I don't have a test for 300 degrees, so you can try setting it about 1/4 higher than you set it for tacking. Then see how it behaves. If it melts the covering, it is too hot.

If you set a hair dryer on the highest heat and hold it close enough you might have enough heat. Make sure it is over 1200 watts minimum. If you can set it for high heat and low fan, that will give you the highest heat.

Here are photos of the patches I did. The red to the left is the new part. The older covering was more translucent. The light area on the blue covering is a reflection. The new piece is slightly darker, in the center.

I could not match the colors exactly as the covering is over 10 years old. Next time I will remove a whole section when I am doing a repair. It will look better.
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