Trailer covering

[mat Redsell]

I have built a trailer like fuselage- welded tubes to be covered in a
fabric... and need to find a covering that I can glue and shrink on like
the polyfiber system..... but hopefully less costly.. it does not need to be
certified! Any suggestions? any suggestions for a paint>

-mat

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mat Redsell wrote:
> I have built a trailer like fuselage- welded tubes to be covered in a
> fabric... and need to find a covering that I can glue and shrink on like
> the polyfiber system..... but hopefully less costly.. it does not need to be
> certified! Any suggestions? any suggestions for a paint>
>

The skypup ultralight plans originally called for covering with a
dacron polyester material sold as (IIRC) called 'sheath
lining' used for the interior of suitcoats or maybe dresses. It
was commonly sold unshrunk, and was heat shrinkable.
You can inquire about it on the SkyPup Yahoo _Club:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Skypup-club/

Evidently it was very similar to the 1.6 oz/yd uncertified
polyester cloth.

Some people attempting to find the material in
recent years have reported that it is also (perhaps the
norm nowadays) pre-shrunk.

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[flybynightkarmarepair]

Everything you need to know is in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/242707ad8f00e5af/72c624746f145301?lnk=st&q=fabric+author%3Aveeduber%40aol.com&rnum=2&hl=en#72c624746f145301

[Ernest Christley]

mat Redsell wrote:
> I have built a trailer like fuselage- welded tubes to be covered in a
> fabric... and need to find a covering that I can glue and shrink on like
> the polyfiber system..... but hopefully less costly.. it does not need to be
> certified! Any suggestions? any suggestions for a paint>
>
> -mat
>

Aircraft Spruce sells and uncertified fabric at about half the cost of
the certified stuff.

Cover it with latex paint.

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