Mike Denest

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Prep the frame and apply the covering using nitrate, brush a couple of very thin coats of nitrate clear into the raw fabric then switch to butyrate clear. Build up a few coats of clear then go to silver pigmented (buildup) dope. Silver will protect the fabric and prevent the pigment finish from taking on that opaque look. After that apply a white base. This allows the red to be a consistent color. Oh yeah, after your initial brush coats, apply all of your clear, silver, white and pigmented coats by spray. It will eliminate a lot of wet sanding. When you do sand, use 600 with dish detergent mixed in the water. Flush with clean water after sanding and dry with a clean terrycloth towel.

Practice, practice, practice. As my old A&P instructor said, "Your next one will be better".