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From: wlansingav <wlansingav at sanmarcos.net>

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:50:51 UTC

Message:

  There has been some discussion lately about the different fabric process 
lately and I wish to add something to the discussion that I have recently 
discovered. There have been three process's mentioned  ( Dope, Poly Fiber, 
Airtech ) of which I have used all with good results. I am re-covering a 
S2B fuselage that was originally done in Dope and had planned on going back 
with that process. Upon removing some pieces of fabric from the fuselage 
and noting the amount of force required to peel the Dope from the fabric, 
this included some areas on the fuselage I had previously repaired and 
could visually inspect thorough penetration of the first coat of Nitrate 
primer. I then removed some inspection holes from my S2A that I am covering 
with Airtech and found the amount of force required to remove the primer 
from the fabric a large amount greater. I have also found this on some test 
panels I have made because I thought that the glue used for the patch that 
goes over the plastic inspection ring may have affected this but results 
were the same. Although I admit this is not a scientific testing process I 
felt this information worth passing on. I invite any comments or more 
information.

						Walter Lansing

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