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Offline David Fretz

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Kwik Cote covering
« on: December 10, 2019, 10:15:31 AM »
Does anyone have any experience with the kwik cote covering. I tried to apply it like monicote but all went south. I don't remember where I acquired these rolls but thus far they are useless without info on how to install. Confussed!!!

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Re: Kwik Cote covering
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2019, 11:21:52 AM »
Thanks, I thought I was doing something wrong.

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Re: Kwik Cote covering
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2019, 10:47:43 AM »
Kwik cote, flight kote, tower kote and a few others were all the same with different stickers. They were a lot like Econo-kote. Low temp, stretchy works on foam. Find the lowest setting on you iron that will activate the glue. I covered a plane in that low temp stuff from Brodak and it's a constant pain to keep it tight. I would strip it off and put something good on there but I keep hoping I'll crash that thing so I don't have to. darn plane just keeps pulling out in time.

      I haven't tried any of the current low-temp films, but (a very long time ago) I have used Econo-kote and Solar Film.  Stripping it off might not be as easy as you think. I had the same sort of problems you describe, and when I went to strip it off, at least 50% of the adhesive/color separated from the film instead of from the wood, and it was a complete disaster to clean up.

   After the first two airplanes like that, I just lived with it on the others, because there was no good way to get it off. Mine ended up with crashes which solved the problem as you describe.

     Brett
   


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