07-15-2010, 10:49 PM
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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Originally Posted by jspitza
Hi Doug:
Yes, I first smeared a very light coat of elmers onto the fin. Once dried overnight I then sanded the edges then applied the CA. I've since applied duplicolor primer/filler and the fins look pretty crappy as in I've got a few of the horrid airpockets. I'm going to allow a good dry time, sand and see if I can just put on some sanding sealer first, then F and fill and call it done! Hope this makes sense! Take care, Jeff
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Have you got a MonoKote iron?
Pop that blister with a T-Pin, several places, then heat up the iron. Press it down flat onto the fin for a few seconds, then check it.
If the white glue has completely dried, then heating it up will liquefy the glue briefly, allowing a complete bond. When you take the iron up and it solidifies again, you'll break the fin trying to get the paper off.
Which leads to another trick -- apply the glue in a thin layer to both the paper and the fin, then let them dry first. Use the iron trick to make the final bond.
I used this trick to apply 1/16" balsa wing skins onto foam cores... |