Covering techniques? Help!
 

I need to recover one of my wings... I have never done covering befor. I picked up some monocote and an iron earlier. How do I do this??


Thanks

Chad

Covering techniques? Help!
 

Is all of the old covering removed from the wing, or are you just doing a patch? If the whole wing... top, bottom or both?

Covering techniques? Help!
 

I have stripped all the old covering off the wing. So i need to cover the whole thing.


Thanks

Chad

Covering techniques? Help!
 

bdxhad: Just checked a new roll of Mono-coat and the instruction sheet that comes with it is pretty good .I also use the 3 P method. Patience ,Practice,& Prayer. If that don`t work the first time repeat & repeat. It will take you a few tries , but a few wrinkles won`t hurt the flying. It just takes time to get good. big max 1935

monocote
 

Hi You might want to get the monocote video! It helped me as a newbie!

Besides If a picture is worth a thousand words a video is worth a million!

Regards
mark

A couple tips on Monocote.....
 

....read the instructions through a couple times.
Iron down all the way around the edges first.
Then come in with the heat gun, and tighten
up the covering in the middle....don't try to iron
it all down from the start.

The BIG, BIG thing about monocote is....If you
are getting wrinkles under the iron as you are
trying to iron it down....The iron is too HOT !!!
If you notice when you are using the heat gun,
the material will loosen before it starts to shrink.
If the iron is too hot....you will create the wrinkles
under the iron, and iron them down at the same
time. These wrinkles are the hardest to remove.

Most wrinkles on flat surfaces are created by the
user. Once you find out the do's and don'ts....
which the directions don't tell ya'....you'll figure
out the heat-and-rub technique.

Here's the tip. Start say at the leading edge...pull
gently on the material, and iron it down across the
length. Then go to the trailing edge....pulling gently
down to start the attachment, then gently across....
iron the trailing edge on. Then, pulling sideways on
the material....iron the root, and then the tip. Now
use the heat-gun and tighten up the middle. Use a
cheap cotton glove on the free hand....and when the
material gets tight....RUB IT DOWN.

Once you get it all tight, and rubbed down, and all
the wrinkles out....THEN you turn the heat up a bit
on the iron, and really adhere it to the wood. Then
you come back one more time with the heat gun and
the glove....and smooth things out again.

The main problem you will see....is creating wrinkles
with the iron, and making them permanent from the
start with a too hot iron.
Good luck, and practice. Always do the underside first.

Dave. :)

Covering techniques? Help!
 

Thanks! I will give it a shot.


Thanks

Chad