RE: newbie question: covering iron
Jigeye,
Yes, you can use a regular clothes iron. But it's just going to be a little bit hard to handle. In fact, the first covering job I did was done with a travel iron that I have. As for the temperature, for monokote the temp should be 275°. You probably won't have any way of measuring the temp so the best thing to do is set the iron at a lower temp and see if it will iron down the monokote. If not then increase the temp and try again. Keep that up until you find the temp that will iron down the monokote.
Hope this helps
Ken