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Title: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: Aeroresurrect on October 04, 2020, 09:37:48 PM Hi experts,
Need small advice from you. I am about begin covering of the wing, fuselage and tail-plane of the balsa model airplane. I got rolls of covering film (unknown brand) for this purpose. Problem I am facing is I am unable to strip out the protective coating on the adhesive side of the film. (The Youtubes demos simply whisk it off the film effortlessly) ! Tried desperately, but not getting results Is there a safe way to remove these protective covers without damaging the film ? Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: K K Iyer on October 04, 2020, 09:59:45 PM About 1/4” from the corner, makea diagonal cut inthe backing film.
Be careful, don’t cut the main film. Now if you bend that corner, you’ll be ableto get a fingernail under the backing film. The other trick is to rub the corner on your palm. If you’re lucky, a small triangle of the backing sheet will release itself. Asking my wife to do it invariably works. But then she’s the RC AUNT, so her fingers have a different magic... So trust your wife Regards Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: Aeroresurrect on October 04, 2020, 11:20:33 PM Thank you Iyer Sir.
The trick worked ! (Wife doesn't cooperate with my hobby). Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: sanjayrai55 on October 05, 2020, 05:09:58 AM I take 2 pieces of cellotape, about an inch long; stick one on each side of the film on a corner at right angles. Then holding the tape tabs just peel off
Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: sanjayrai55 on October 05, 2020, 10:06:27 AM Like so
Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: K K Iyer on October 05, 2020, 11:11:17 AM I take 2 pieces of cellotape, about an inch long; stick one on each side of the film on a corner at right angles. Then holding the tape tabs just peel off Why didn’t I think of that ! :banghead: Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: sanjayrai55 on October 05, 2020, 11:19:53 AM ;D ;)
Title: Re: Covering film for balsa airplane model Post by: Aeroresurrect on October 06, 2020, 08:29:22 PM Thank you Sanjay and Iyer Sir.
Normally the protective film peels off quite easily, but here I got a roll which was particularly difficult. I tried the tape method, but that didn't work.The angular cut and then finger-nail peeling worked. Guess the roll must be old stock perhaps. Thank you both for your helpful suggestions. |