Thanks, I`ll try that tonight

I would try re-heating the side you want the wood to move TWARDS first....
Idea is to pull the wood back by shrinking thcovering.........


Only reason I have used MK in the past has been due to having a ARFcovered already, and Iwanted the covering to match....

I love the looks of mK and but it can bee such a hastle...

More I think of it, ORACOTe/Ultrakote gets my vote........

Other drawback ot Ultracote is that they STOPEDTHEproducting of there MATCHINGPAINTS!!!!!
SO if you expect to cover a part of a plane and then want to spray paint the pants and cowl with there paint,,,good luck matching it up..
Some clain that there hardware store can match it and put in in a aerisol can.fot MUCHOMONEY, but I ahvint seen tat ovffered....

I would only Use automotive spraypaint, like PPG/OMMNI....Far as Iknow, they don't have a paint match machine.....
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I started out using monokote on all my planes and also coverite and never found anything wrong with either. Everyone I talk to though says Ultracote is the greatest thing since sliced bread so I said what the heck I will give it a try to see for myself.Istarted cutting pieces of ultracote the right size for my wing and then I went to peel them off the backing. On the full piece of ultracote I peeled off, it put zig zag creases all the way down all over the entire piece. These creases were not the kind you can just iron out, they actualy pulled the paint away and just left the clear cover where you can see through them now. So, I thought that maybe I just pulled it off to vigerously and pulled the next one off very carefully. Long story short, no matter how I pulled off the coveirng it made zig zag creases. Anyway I strarted Ironing it on the wing and I will admit it sticks to balsa pretty good and smooths out nicely (With the exception of those zig zag wrinkles.) When it comes to ironing it to itself you better have it where you want the first time because there is no peeling it back up and repositioning it. Once it has been Ironed on to another peice of ultracote the paint backing just peeled off if I tried to reposition it. Then when it comes to triming the excess off I had to go restock my inventory of #11 blades. Ultracote does trim easy with an xacto knife, I would cut a couple of inches and then it will either bind or tear and then trying to start it again is a pain.

Longer story even shorter, I will more than likely never buy or use ultracote on another plane. Monokote is far better material and a much better value for my money. Just my opinion.


David G.

Sounds like you got a bad roll. i've never had any of the problems you're talking about and I've been using it for about 20 years

So far those problems were with one roll of the dark blue ultracote. But I am doing a two tone sceme and the the other roll (Red) Is showing similar characteristics. It also does not cut easy even with a brand new exacto blade and If I remember right it did get small wrinklesbut not as bad as the first roll.


Because I have only used one or two rolls of this stuff I wont call it junk (It could have been sitting on the shelf at the hobby shop for a couple of years seeing is how almost no one around here seems to build anymore), but after I get done covering this plane I am working on, I just wont use anymore myself.
David

davidgeorge212

I would return that roll for a refund!

Im not even going to worry about it, Besides, the majority of that rollis now ironed on my plane.

I got another roll of midnight blue ultracote to finish my wing. This roll did not make creases when I peeled it off. However the fact that if you dont keep it flat and let it fold over on itself drove me up the wall. That stuff barely touches and it is stuck for good. I had to cut off and recover the wingtips because it got wrinkled and when I tried to unstick it from itself all thepaint backingcame off and it looked like hell.

David