As a woodworker I haven¹t used but read about shellac as the sealer/under
coat for wood finishes. Shellac is accepted as a good barrier against water
vapor, but not liquid water, and any finish will stick to it well. So I
thought it might be a very good under or only coat for balsa tail parts on
Jim -
I haven't used shellac to do this, but I have achieved some pretty light
finishes.
I use hair spray for the initial coats. Get the cheapest large aerosal cans you
can find. Fog a few sparse coats on, sanding very lightly with 400 grit between
coats. You only need to knock down the
I have always used 3 lb. cut thinned 50% with alcohol and treated both sides
of the wood to keep it from warping. After the first coat, sand and put one
more coat on that can be thinned even a little more. Has worked for me for
years.
I have just purchased a spray can of Shellac but have not
So it's not your's. :-)
At 02:01 PM 12/7/2004, James V. Bacus wrote:
A very good reason to put your
name and contact info in or on all of your models... such a simple
thing to do.
At 01:45 PM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and I
ain't talking Germany
Hi guys,
The Cincy DS Gang lost a
Hi All,
I have an orphaned Spirit kit that somebody left in my basement 1/4
built. I am planning on giving it to a new power flyer in our club as a
first kit build for the Winter. I have the plans but can't find any of
those nice little booklets that take you through the process by the
Bob,
I've been flying my Spirit for nearly 10 years, and I still have the
instruction booklet. I can scan the entire booklet to a PDF file and email
it to you, or I can make a hard copy of it and mail it to you. Just let me
know.
Wes Gibson
AMA 607029
LSF 7533
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