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NeilsenRM(at)comcast.net
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 Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:05 am Post subject: Shrinking Fabric |
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Bob
It seems like when I was covering my airplane I read in the polyfiber
instructions that the use of a heat gun would damage the fabric. They go to
great lengths to have you calibrate a iron and warn you to not exceed a
maximum temperature. Seems like they say that a heat gun would too easily
exceed the maximum temperature. You may not have damaged anything, just
wanted to advise everyone this isn't the recommended method of shrinking
fabric.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: Shrinking Fabric |
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Ummm, Rick, I was only offering a solution to remedy an imperfect situation, not advice on how to cover a plane.
BUT, since the cat is out of the bag, lots of planes have had their dacron reduced to the dimensions allotted with favorable results.
A heat gun with a diffuser on the end would be a help in reducing spot overheats.
The gun does better than an iron in shrinking large panels to a light fit. Damage would not be easily done at this stage.
Final tightening can follow using an iron.
If one is concerned about strength, the cabin area would be an excellent candidate because strength is not a factor.
Old bedsheets would suffice.
The place where the iron excels is slightly lumpy areas around curves and tubes. Especially good for taking wrinkles out of
surface tape.
BB, good day, bowling with fellow geezers, hiking the back fields with my recent adopted pal, a toy fox terrier.
On 16, Nov 2009, at 11:01 AM, Richard & Martha Neilsen wrote:
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Bob
It seems like when I was covering my airplane I read in the polyfiber instructions that the use of a heat gun would damage the fabric. They go to great lengths to have you calibrate a iron and warn you to not exceed a maximum temperature. Seems like they say that a heat gun would too easily exceed the maximum temperature. You may not have damaged anything, just wanted to advise everyone this isn't the recommended method of shrinking fabric.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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frank.goodnight(at)att.ne
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:45 am Post subject: Shrinking Fabric |
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Hi Rick,
Thanks for your post, I belive it could really be a help to some one.
I could have used
the advice when I was covering my fire star. I had somehow managed to
put on the silver
when I had only heated to 200degres . It was quite a bit looser than
the other wing. I called
the covering people , they said , go ahead and use a iron and heat to
225 or 250 I did
I finally got the fabric tight but what a mess. Lately there has been
a lot of sillyness and junk
on the list .Thanks again for a post that deals with a sloution to a
aircraft problem,and
not ,spelling ,gramer,or politics.
Frank Goodnight
Firestar11
Brownsville,TX
On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:34 PM, robert bean wrote:
[quote]
Ummm, Rick, I was only offering a solution to remedy an imperfect
situation, not advice on how to cover a plane.
BUT, since the cat is out of the bag, lots of planes have had their
dacron reduced to the dimensions allotted with favorable results.
A heat gun with a diffuser on the end would be a help in reducing
spot overheats.
The gun does better than an iron in shrinking large panels to a
light fit. Damage would not be easily done at this stage.
Final tightening can follow using an iron.
If one is concerned about strength, the cabin area would be an
excellent candidate because strength is not a factor.
Old bedsheets would suffice.
The place where the iron excels is slightly lumpy areas around
curves and tubes. Especially good for taking wrinkles out of
surface tape.
BB, good day, bowling with fellow geezers, hiking the back fields
with my recent adopted pal, a toy fox terrier.
On 16, Nov 2009, at 11:01 AM, Richard & Martha Neilsen wrote:
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> Bob
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> It seems like when I was covering my airplane I read in the
> polyfiber instructions that the use of a heat gun would damage the
> fabric. They go to great lengths to have you calibrate a iron and
> warn you to not exceed a maximum temperature. Seems like they say
> that a heat gun would too easily exceed the maximum temperature.
> You may not have damaged anything, just wanted to advise everyone
> this isn't the recommended method of shrinking fabric.
>
> Rick Neilsen
> Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Shrinking Fabric |
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Frank,
It reminds me of when I covered the FireFly. Did what I thought was a good
job of shrinking the fabric with irons. I had the wings hung up so I could
walk around them. I brushed on the sealer, and then followed by spraying
aluminum on the upper surfaces and two coats of color with the minimum
recommended wait time between coats. It was all done in one afternoon. After
cleaning out the spray equipment and changing clothes, I went back down to
the shop to take a look. Things did not look good. The fabric was hanging
loose and the color was a dull rusty red. Closed the doors and left it. A
day later it looked better, and in five days the fabric was tight and the
red was bright. That is how long it took the solvent vapors to migrate from
the inside of the wing and out of the fabric to the out side.
See: http://jackbhart.com/firefly/firefly06.html
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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