RC India

I urgently need a roll of Transparent Red Heat Shrink Covering Film (Monokote, Oracover etc)

Can pay also  ;D ;D

No LHS has it right now

Please  :help:

Sanjay

An Alternative

Cellophane with  3M Super 77 (http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3M-Super-77/Super77/)

(http://www.atsacoustics.com/media/images/product_detail/3M_Super_77.jpg)

Here, see this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJm8d6Ek94

Cool. Thanks Gusty :thanks:

Now, where do I get this? :banghead: :banghead:

My "Wanted - Dead or Alive" is still on  :rofl:

And replacement glue of 3M77 from resinova ?

20gm Resinova CA MRP :Rs: 25/-

Kalyan-da, I've never tried it, but it seems like a liquid CA, not a spray.

Sir use Rubber solution ( Dentrite) for tacking the Cellophane Sheet to Balsa and shrink using sealing iron.

Apply a thin coat of dentrite to Balsa at all the places where cellophane it is going to come in contact. let it get tacky but not as much as for two surfaces with rubber solution to be stuck together. Let the applied surface remain slightly more sticky than tacky. apply cellophane sheet stretched. press is down give about 10 Min for it to get really dry than tacky. Now shrink it with sealing iron. I give the same effect as a clear covering film.


You can use a 10% thinner to thin it for easy application.

PS: the covering on my 28" Arrow build Kit from RCB is purely with Dentrite and Cellophane Sheet.

 

:hatsoff: Pure Modeller always find a alternative & Cheap way.
Suerely will purchase some transperent cellophane paper for covering and 3D Glass ;D

The following is a copy of my post on indiarc on 3rd March 2007


Here's my experience with the local variety -

- Gift paper - actually polyester film , available in silver , transparent , and a       myriad of bright flashly colours and designs. This is excellent. Its light and shrinks well. You have to apply a thinned contact adhesive on the airframe and and iron it on. If applying transparent or silver - it can be painted with normal enamel paints.
Take a piece of cotton , wet with acetone or Duco thinner and rub the surface before painting - this makes sure that the surface is clean and degreased. If you want the paint to stick really well apply Duco primer(used for painting cars) and use cellulose paints (used for painting cars). Best is is if the paint is sprayed on.

- Laminating film - almost the same stuff as above - but coated with adhesive on one side. Available in a various weights. Has lots of shrinkage and can distort light structures. Can be ironed on directly to the structure and can be painted.

- Vinyl plastic - not quite so easily available - coated with adhesive , comes with a backing sheet. This is heavy and rubbery - not good for open structures.
Good for covering sheeted areas. Heaviest of the lot.

- For the ultimate in covering cheaply, try the following - Cover with transparent polyester film . Shrink . Clean the surface with a degreaser. take strips of tissue
paper. make a watery paste of fevicol(like milk),add some shampoo or soap to break up the surface tension. apply on the poly film and then paint the strips of tissue with the same paste(use brush to go over the whole strip of tissue to remove wrinkles). once the whole wing/tail fuse is covered (tissue will be completely wet at this stage) trim edges with fine sandpaper. Use a hair dryer to dry out the entire surface. The resultant cavering will be torsionally strong and tough. Can be painted with any paint - using brush or spray. Try doing a web search on "tissue over mylar" , same stuff slightly different technique.

- lastly - for those who want to spray paint - there are guns available called "airless spray guns" which do not require compressors to run. In India there is the Pilot E88 - costs about Rs 1800, should be easily available in any city/town.

Have a nice day

Rony

Most interesting Rony. Something really worth experimenting with at leisure. I do belong to that era where I have used tissue/water shrinking/dope :D

Thanks so much for your inputs Sandy and Kalyan-da.

Oh, and RCD will be getting some fresh stock of Covering next week :D

i got my 3M77 from Navi Mumbai :banghead: hardware shop on the road peeling off from Pune Expressway going to airoli. point is it is available easily in mumbai

sir can put a pic of this Resinova need to know how it looks and does it work for like vegetable plastics bags to balsa sticks.....any other glue for balsa to plastic easily avilable,i will also search here for 3M™ Super 77 but will it stick plastic to balsa.another question which would be lighter veg plastic bags or cellophane

thanks saikat , i have dope (in the pic) will this stick cling flim to balsa ,can you tell me the method how to use it do i apply it with a brush directly to the balsa frame then just stick the cling wrap on it can this dope be used for vegetable bags and those shiny gift wrapping paper silver one side as well,this is mentioned on the can
Aero-naut modelling Dope;
0.1liters
can has to be shaken thoroughly before use