Dan:

That was my initial worry. I didn't even apply the material to the A/C frame before trying it out. The ink sort of imbedded itself into the material. It shrunk right along with the plastic material.

Now, I also warn you, our local shop only sells genuine Monocoat, so have only tried it on their glossy stuff. I have also tried it on LiteSpan (from the U.K.) and had no problems there too. While on the Lite Span, it seemed to get less opaque, so that is why I went up to a heavy application. Once set and applied it averages out like the Monocoat.

Would be interested in finding out how it works on other brands of material. We did some "interior" or reversed plotting on Solartext two years ago for a glider. It was transparent, and showed the fellow's AMA numbers on through. Did this on a pen plotter though, not an inkjet style. I saw the crushed wing sitting in his garage, and never brought up the application situation with him.

He later set up his home H-P deskjet to run long sheets, and now cuts the Solartex to 8" wide strips and runs very long sets of lettering though it. It prints in the middle, then keeps going until all the covering is out the end. It comes out a bit streaky on long flames and arcs. Not noticible on simple text. This may be the hot set-up for most builders, as 8" wide by 36" long is good enough for many aircraft wings and fuselage.


Wm.