Thanks guys. I was really hoping to avoid the dope since my garage is in the basement. I painted a plane with automotive paint down there once but the whole house had a bit of an odor even though I used an exhaust fan (had to cut a hole in the garage door, dont tell my wife!). Everone slept like a baby that night though... I'm surprised it took a gallon of dope to fill the weave! I was really hoping for a less expensive solution to the iron on films and fabrics. By the time you dope it and buy two colors of latex paint I think you're sneaking up on the price of Coverite with about twenty times the work. Am I right? I dont know that I really want to fill the weave anyway, just seal it so it will accept paint. I'm doing a Waco bipe and I think the weave would look realistic.