--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "lothar_thole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am planning to use clear Ozcover Lite to cover my 2m Wind Dancer > wing. I know you can paint it after covering, but I would like a > translucent finish, and to save the weight of the paint. > > Any ideas on how I can dye the adhesive side of the film before > covering? One suggestion is aerosol paint lightly sprayed on the > adhesive side, my concern would be getting an even coat. Other > suggestions include fabric dye, red ink and red wine! > >
Hello, Any reason why you would not just use ultracote lite? It is pretty light stuff, and you can get it in translucent. Several years ago a guy named Rolland Klingberg used to sell this really thin/light transparent covering. This was before Ultracote Lite came out. I bought some, and managed to die it using RIT die. I put the die and water in a big pot on my stove and heated the pot up somewhat, and then put the pre cut pieces of covering in the pot and mixed it around for an hour. It did die the covering translucent, but it was a very light coloring. Much lighter than your standard ¡§transparent¡¨ covering. End result also had a slight ¡§tie die¡¨ result. You can also use magic markers to color the adhesive side of the covering, at least you could with the stuff Klingberg was selling. I also used that, although it was kind of ugly. Or perhaps I am not very good with the markers! º Ryan RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
