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1. 05:31 AM - Re: Heat gun on ceconite (Louie Bakrevski)
2. 11:05 AM - Re: Heat gun on ceconite (Bill Church)
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| Subject: | Re: Heat gun on ceconite |
It's all about experience. The friend that I worked for 20+ years never used
iron.
He probably recovered 30 plus planes. Days when planes sat outside. For peop
le that
Recover one or two planes, iron is probably the right tool. There are heat g
uns out there that have precise heat control. But still no replacement for e
xperience. Louie
On way to Sun-N-Fun.
Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 16, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Steven Dortch <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com> wro
te:
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> After seeing a guy on YouTube use a heat gun to snug the cloth on a cub fu
selage, I asked the list and was told emphatically not to use a heat gun.
>
> The result? I experimented with the heat gun and found the following;
> 1. An iron is best for tacking the ekobond glue and shrinking the big open
areas. The big curves are best dome with an iron.
> 2. The heat gun will shrink fabric over nuts, bolts and around hinges. But
you have to be careful. It can burn a hole in a heartbeat. Using the IR the
rmometer measuring the temp on the cloth helps control temp. Also you will f
ind the limit on how much the Dacron will shrink.
>
> I was glad the list waived me off of Ruining a lot of fabric with a heat g
un. But In the tradition of EAA I experimented and found where it is effecti
ve.
>
> Blue skies
> Steve D
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| Subject: | Re: Heat gun on ceconite |
Steve,
Just wondering why you felt compelled to experiment with the heat gun after being
advised "emphatically" against doing it?
In short (as was stated before), it is simply a bad idea. Here's a direct quote
from the Ceconite web page:
"Because calibrated temperatures are important to the shrinking process, however,
you shouldn't use a heat gun, which gives you no control."
Trying something because some guy did it on YouTube isn't a very wise way to do
things.
Rather than being in the tradition of the EAA, it seems that your actions are the
opposite. Learning from the mistakes of others, and paying heed to their warnings
is the wise way to "experiment."
Bill C.
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