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jdy100(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: patching pinholes in fabirc

Any suggestions for the best way to patch small (1/8"  max dia.) pinholes in Polyfiber fabric?  I have a couple on the underside  of my fuselage just aft of the nose cone. 

  

 Jimmy Young

  

 FS II, N7043P

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: patching pinholes in fabirc

At 08:33 PM 10/25/2007, you wrote:

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		  Any suggestions for the best way to patch small (1/8" max dia.) pinholes in Polyfiber fabric?  I have a couple on the underside of my fuselage just aft of the nose cone. 

  

 Jimmy Young

  

 FS II, N7043P 	


 You can fix rough spots with "microfill" and re-sanding carefully.

 Or you can use Teflon tape/sheets and iron them flat.

 Teflon is easier.

  

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capedavis(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: patching pinholes in fabirc

Jimmy I am elderly ,56 but an 1/8 inch hole I would ignore but if you cant get angood pair of pinking shears and cut a patch out of poly-fiber and put it on to cover the hole , all depending on what finish coat you have on your aircraft , I had my KXP on floats and came to the spot on the pond where I had my aircraft tied down and found a flock of crows pecking holes in the wings , about tswentyfive I had A LOT OF SMALL PATCHES ON MY WINGS UNTIL i SOLD IT two YEARS AND 125 HRS LATER. Sorry I didn't realize I was yelling .      Chris  



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aoldman(at)xtra.co.nz
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: patching pinholes in fabirc

Put the patch on the inside if you can. A lot less  noticeable and not subject to wind buffeting so the edges shouldn't  fray

  

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jb92563

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: Re: patching pinholes in fabirc

I'm doing those same kind of repairs right now.



I just cut little circular penny sized patches, 

-Dab some MEK around the hole to ensure a clean surface to adhere with,

- wait till the MEK has completely dried and apply Poly-Brush and stick the patch down working the adhesive into the weave.

- Shoot some color, or I use yellow Fabric for my yellow plane and skip the color.



If you can apply the patch from inside its all that much better looking.



NOTE: MEK will dissolve/soften every thing(Poly-Brush, Poly-Spray and Poly-tone) except the fabric so use sparingly by dabbing a little on...don't rub as it will smear the dissolved paint.

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: patching pinholes in fabirc

All patches, large or small, seems to look nicer and are tighter when an iron is used after the poly tak is applied and before the poly brush and poly tone.

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jb92563

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: Re: patching pinholes in fabirc

Right you are...I forgot to mention that part.



Iron the Poly-Tak to smooth out any bumps but make sure you iron is set to the proper lower temp or else to much heat will destroy the adhesion.



I forgot the exact temp but it was below where any shrinkage of Fabric could occur.

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