Well guys,

I have been thinking about doping my next plane. Silkspan first, of course. What do I need to d it? Do most of you that use this method use an airbrush set-up? Back in the good ol' days, (60's), I would go to the LHS an buy a couple bottles of butyrate dope and go home and brush it on. I'm sure it's done a different way now.

So what kind is a good type to start with and what tools do I need to apply it with? Everything for the last many years that I have done has been Ultrakote. I would like to try for a really good finish on my next project, I am going to try a full fuse plane.

There are probably several different types of material available now for coating the wings, and I just want to start with the basics for now, no fancy mixes, just something I can do a pretty decent job with if I take my time. The covering won't be a problem, I have even covered a wing with wet newspaper, let it dry, dope it and flew it once when I was not able to get something else real quick.

Tell me what you all are using mostly for your finishes.