Re: Shrinking Fabric


Subject:    Re: Shrinking Fabric
From:    Jack B. Hart (jbhart@onlyinternet.net)
Date:    Tue Nov 17 - 9:58 AM
Frank,

It reminds me of when I covered the FireFly.  Did what I thought was a good 
job of shrinking the fabric with irons.  I had the wings hung up so I could 
walk around them.  I brushed on the sealer, and then followed by spraying 
aluminum on the upper surfaces and two coats of color with the minimum 
recommended wait time between coats. It was all done in one afternoon. After 
cleaning out the spray equipment and changing clothes, I went back down to 
the shop to take a look.  Things did not look good.  The fabric was hanging 
loose and the color was a dull rusty red.  Closed the doors and left it.  A 
day later it looked better, and in five days the fabric was tight and the 
red was bright.  That is how long it took the solvent vapors to migrate from 
the inside of the wing and out of the fabric to the out side.  


See: http://jackbhart.com/firefly/firefly06.html

Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN




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