Re: Alternative to canvas …. a thought
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:08 am
Thx GPW for keeping the spirit of innovation going.
So that we can all
So that we can all
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...with our current situation here (Hurricane Sally )...
GPW wrote:We’ve been watching the RC forum for years now and them going on about Newspaper covering for their foam planes , painted with polyurethane … Canvas or paper , it’s all Cellulose fibers , and if you have a ready source of newspapers , Your covering material costs nothing , leaves no seams , and newspaper ( any paper ) sticks to foam like crazy … Thinned TB2 or polyurethane could be used to adhere it and it could be built up extra thick in stressed areas … And you can sand it smooth …
For those that need added strength ( ? ) , you could incorporate thin fiberglass like the kind used for sheetrock …
Repairs , should be pretty easy , add new paper , sand it smooth and paint … Paper mache done this way dries to a pretty hard surface …
Just an idea … I’m always thinking of the THRIFTY aspect of trailer building … especially these days …