ORIGINAL: Vic3D
bps, great help. Thanks!!
So if I use stix-it, I will still be able to shuffle the koverall around till it's wrinkle-free?
Vic
The Stix It is heat activated. You paint the Stix It around the perimeter of the area to be covered and let it dry, it drys very rapidly. Then place the Koverall cut oversize over the area and tack in place with your iron set on low. Experiment here as it does not take much heat to activate the adhesive and attatch the fabric, you want just enough heat to do that. Any more heat will begin to shrink the Koverall and you do not want to do that. You can move the fabric around by reaheating the area and sticking it back down just like you would any other adhesive backed covering. When you overlap fabric you will need to add more Stix It on top of the fabric that is being overlaped.
One thing I suggest is to seal the airframe using your choice of balsa sealer. One coat, light sanding and then another coat. I like the latex stuff (Mod Podge p/n CS11302 from Michaels Craft Store) because I can no longer tolerate dope, just to strong for me. Koverall is not as easy as the Tex's, but once you get a system going it is not that difficult and you will be rewarded with an awsume finish that refuses to do the Monocoat wrinkle.
Here is a picture of my work along with the vertical covering that I did in three pieces, top, left stab and right stab.