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Old 04-20-2008 | 11:05 PM
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Default RE: does monokote get too old to use?

I bought out a retired flyer last year. Included was a bunch of Monokote as well as other brands. Storage wasn't an issue as our climate is very moderate here. I used a lot of the "old stuff" on there different planes. What I found was that all covered without a problem, but some of the colors were faded some. I also ran into some that was very brittle. I came back from a flight and found 1/4 of my horzinontal Stab was without cover. Other times I found that a rookie run off the runway into the greeen stuff, actually brown that time of the year, made some major holes. With the fresh monokote, the same trip resulted in some dings that needed ironing out.

I've used a lot of the glider weight covering and it seems to hold up very well.

Try it. If it sticks down and shrinks OK, you should be good to go. I may be a little brittle, but it sould be OK.

The one thing I've found though, and this isn't just the old stock, is that my "original formula" windex for clean up results in lifted edges of the covering.

Don