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I try to get the silk tight before I stick it down.
I'm sure being wet will cause some shrinkage, and then doping will also cause shrinkage, but I want the silk taut before I do anything else.

If you use butyrate dope, it will continue shrinking for a long, long time.

But I like to start with a unwrinkled surface first, that said, I've goofed and I've let some wrinkles in on occasion and the dope took the wrinkles out.
Here's a shot of a wing ready for clear. The silk is only attached at this time.

It usually takes only 3 or 4 coats of thinned dope to seal the silk and another 3 to 6 to get the silk to shine after the dope had dried.
Once the silk shines, wet sand and alternate clear until you have the finish you desired.

The white on the wing is "blushed" dope. Dope turns white when there is too much moisture. it will dissapear when I re dope the wing.