Help - Hole in Solartex
 

I poked a small hole in my wing through the Solartex covering. :mad:

Is there a way to patch the hole without using a small piece of the material?

All suggestions will be much appreciated..........

Thanks

How big it the hole? Is it a round hole or a tear? Is any material missing? Did you use any coatings on the Solartex?

If it's an oh my gosh, I stuck a piece of 2-56 rod in my wing then just a dab of thick CA will do the trick. Much bigger then that then it calls for a patch.

The whole is about the size of 4-40 rod maybe a little bigger. It was actually the shaft of my Dremel tool cut off wheel. I put the wing down onto my bench that is covered in towels and didn't notice the cut off wheel and now have a nice clean round hole in the fabric. I might try pulling the fabric back up and use some CA. The Fabric has been painted so I can touch it up.

I am trying to avoid an ugly patch. Maybe I can find a decal to put there.

Keith

Decals work just fine. Tex patches don't show up very bad and if it is painted you could probably hide it.

My friend, Gary, at Pink-it http://www.pink-it.net/ sells small, round access panel covers, made from Solartex. He calls them silver dollar patches.

They would work well, in this situation, and provide a "scale" look to the repair.

Thanks Tom - I ordered some of the pinked 1" rounds which will cover it up nicely and hopefully I can feather it in with the paint.

Keith

Wow, great site and my question is why didn't I know about them when I was still building Bipes!! The patches look perfect for Keiths little problem and I think I better order some of those syringes. I have been getting them free at Walgreen's but they are wise to my game. They give them out for free to people for some sort of use but I tend to ask for as many as I can get, like 6 or more, some of the tellers tend to give me nasty looks when I ask for that many and they won't sell them to me?

Gary has some creative products that are useful to us. He's a great guy, and very easy to deal with.

GB mentioned decals, earlier in this thread. Gary just happens to have experience in this field, too. http://www.decal-it.com/ Check out his deal on prop logos.

By the way, Gary doesn't pay me to say this stuff. I'm just enthusiastic about his products.