What is the best way to cover over covering? My LHS told me not to buy the Monokote trim solvent. Monokote is what I am using. I tried windex and came out pretty good, but I tried without on another, and I will ultimately have to remove this piece. It is a critical spot on the wings and I guess I could trim everything to ovelap just a 1/4 inch, but that involves a lot of work and I wonder about the Monokote's strength when I do this. I have read Faye Stilley's book, but he does not have any issues on this. I am asking for your help. Please help.
The center colors have not been attached yet. I am going for a 60's theme.

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Just to be clear, I did the bottom first, which turned out great. On the top I did a band of blue, yellow and red, then added the curves. The curves are bubbling though.

There are a number of methods, depending on your style.

I have used the monokote trim-solvent in the past with great succes.

If you are laying covering over covering, as in a a large area, use a top-flite woodpecker tool to perforate the covering you will be laying on top of (open fram or solid wood below), then use your iron at the low tempurature range for your covering to iron it down, but without causing shrinkage.

If you are overlapping colors, so there essentially one layer of covering, overlap about a quarter inch, there is no need to perforate the lower layer using a tool.

Last time I overlapped colors, I used the trimsolvent to activate the area where the overlap occurred, then ironed the whole thing to the plane.

I would try a few methods on some practice materials to find what method you like best.

The windex method is pretty good. Use the type with ammonia. Remember to squegee out the windex with a credit card (wrapped in thin cloth or paper towel) or a piece of silicone rubber sheet. Let it dry 24 hours then seal the edges with an iron set at 200-220F. Works great for me.......

If you're using MK, I recommend the trim solvent. Unless it's a large piece with a compound curve that would require shrinking, the trim solvent works very well.

Thanks guys. I have to try something, I just can't stay with one or two colors.

thats a groovy wing man. :P i like it.

I finally got it ready to go. What do you think?

..........it's a busy looking plane just sitting there.

Make sure you have the "Powers" to fly it!

I think it is bright enough to fly at night.

Ouch.

Seriously, that rocks Keep your groove on!

-Joe

He-ey man-n, that's like, far out Dude!

Jeeez!

Never let your girlfriend decorate the plane for you.

Well it certainly has Mojo...

Sticking with a sort of Austin Powers theme of compliments...........

It's Shaga-delic Babee!

But I have gotta ask, where's the Peace Sign man? : P
Job well done and quite original.

Jim S.

What a blast of colors ! Hope it flies as well as it looks ! Good luck !

It flies great. I just green stringed tonight, which means I soloed good enough to get a key to our field. My instructor flew it and then I did. It flies awesome, even in the heavy gusts we had today. I have configurable flaperons as well, and they definately help it land. It is a very stable craft.

But I have gotta ask, where's the Peace Sign man? : P

Well, I just didn't get that far. I wanted to put one in the center of the wing, and maybe still will. The guys at the club love it. I don't want to scare anybody away from doing such a scheme, but it took longer to cover than it did to build. Monokote over Monokote is difficult to learn, but Windex does wonders.
I thought about including a green leaf of sorts, but didn't want anybody to get the wrong idea, if you know what I mean. Thanks to all on here, you have been very inspiring.

PS: I cut the letters and flowers with my wife's srapbooking stuff. It works great. Scrapbooking: now there is a hobby that can cost more that airplanes, if you don't wreck much.

Here's another!

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Last one.