Patching with poly

[Sean McEntee]

I'm pretty familiar with patching up silk: tear the edges in order to blend in the edges and so on.

What is a good technique for doing it with poly span?  For reference, I have about 4 rib bays worth of recovering to do. Thanks a bunch.

[john e. holliday]

As poly is hard to tear like silk span, I cut it in oval shape or circular with a pair of scissors.  After a couple of coats of dope and filler you will not feel the edges.

[Dan McEntee]

  As Doc says, avoid hard corners, unless you can blend it in with another straight line. After you put the Poly on and start building up with dope, take a small brush and put a stripe of clear around the edges of your patch, and feather that in by lightly sanding in between coats with a small block. Time consuming but will be almost invisible by the time you put your trim colors back on and such.
  Type at you later,
  Dan