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Old July 18th 08, 10:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Darryl Ramm
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Default Monokote trim patches for covering holes - not recommended

On Jul 18, 2:23*pm, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
On Jul 18, 2:07*pm, John Smith wrote:

Why not just ask the factory?


D'oh! *Good idea. *I must have made a pretty thorough mental
disconnect from modelling (I only did it for 40 years or so) when I
got into soaring!
The 'edge seepage' from the IRON ON Monokote comes off easily. *It's
the stuff from the trim Monokote (press on) that's giving me trouble.
I'll see if I can contact Top Flight.


Many model covering manufacturers make an adhesive solvent that will
soften the adhesive on normal covering so you can use it as trim
pieces. I suspect this also cleans up the trim parts as well. For
example Monokote has one see http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHZ43

If 3M cleaner did not take it off, I'd try acetone (which is also in
the Monokote solvent).

Darryl