ORIGINAL: Bud Faulkner
ORIGINAL: GeeBeeJim
Solartex from Balsa USA, or Worldtex from Horizon Hobbies are good options. Be sure to clear coat with a polyurethane.
> Jim
I did the polyurethane once (water based) and never again, had to recover......all sticky and would not clean off. That said I used to use super coverite exclusively until a friend talked me into trying solartex, I'll never go back to coverite. I now find covering a pleasure.
Bud
I have several planes clear coated with MinWax Polycrylic. My exparience has been that MinWax Polycrylic (water base) holds up fine WITH THE FOLLOWING CAVEATS:
1. Let the polycrylic dry for A MINIMUM of 7 days before exposing to fuel.
2. Do not let the residue from engine remain on the finish MORE THAN 4 hours, otherwise the finish (polycrylic) begins to soften. After a thorough cleaning though (pain when it is soft), it will reharden in about 2 - 3 days.
The primary reason you are clear coating Solartex (Worldtex, etc) is to make cleaning easier due to the more open weave.