Well I see that this is an old thread, but I just stumbled on it.
I've been in the hobby for about 22 years and over the past 5 I have been flying ARF Electrics since I haven't had a lot of time for building. I went to a jet event and caught the bug again and I decided to build two of my favorite "Sunday Flyers".....a GP Super Sportster 60 and a GP Trainer 40 (The plane I learned on 22 years ago). I have about 20 kits, 6 scratch builds, and about 10 ARFs under my belt, so I can do a decent covering job. I decided to cover the Trainer 40 in White. I chose Monokote, because that is what I have used with great success in the past......

Until now. First the stuff wouldn't tack well. Once I did get it tacked down, I couldn't shrink it. I held the gun close and finally ended up burning a hole in it. Tried a 2nd roll. Same deal. Sent a note to Top Flite. No response. I was finally able to get all the monokote goo off the wing and ailerons (you know....the stuff that gets left behind when the color peels away from the plastic....yeah..that stuff).

Anyway...I just covered the whole wing in Ultracoat. It looks terrific. I had an Ultrastick ARF that was covered in Ultracoat....no problems with bubbling or wrinkling. I am hoping for the same on my kit. I was sure to pull it real tight before shrinking...so that usually helps.

Hate to say it, but Monokote may have lost a customer in me too. It used to be the best, but now it seems they have indeed changed something. The two rolls are totally worthless. I gave some samples to my local hobby shop for them to test. They had the same issues. THey all exclusively carry monokote, but they said they would start offering competing products in their shops. I do hope that Top Flite will snap out of it. They do have the best colors and at one point they had the best product.

What a shame.
Robert