Charles somehow I sense a disconnect here.
Dave, This can be a good thing.
It’s about what happens after that. You must put something on it.
Yes I do, I use only Sig Supercoat.
On the first coat of any dope the silk loosens, sags and wrinkles up like crazy.
Mine doesn't, I must use magic silk.
, I said there's application techniques. I get trolled by jealous resentment haters, so no one listens to me. I'm fine with that, it's not my loss.
Notice I've 'backed off' on the Forum a bit.
Unlike silkspan which will tighten right back up -more so and tighter than it started with- silk at the very best will only go back to whatever its natural dry state was and not more.
Silkspan. Yes, the least expensive product kit manufactures can put in the box. I used silkspan on the wing of my Gee Bee Z. Took more coats to fill it than the silk I use. I believe one wing wrinkled
a bit. I used a heat gun.
GADS! A heat gun. Don't start any fires.
The hard part is getting it to get back THAT much.
The way I do silk, I find nothing hard or difficult about it. It's all in my builds. Sure, I started out doing silk wet, but I progressed to what I consider a better method.
That’s why it’s applied wet, to let it loosen and stretch as much as possible and then let it pull back to where it was dry.
I'm not sure that's correct? Even Sparky says silk doesn't stretch all that much. I've applied silk both ways. I'll stay with my dry application method. The way I work, 'efficiency' and time is important. I'm old and I'm running out of time.
In this case the Randolph has better shrinking qualities and seems to work best.
I have absolutely no use for any Randolph product. I'll shout that from the rooftops. Sold what I had because I didn't like it. And yes, I gave Randolph plenty of effort.
You haven’t said what you are putting on the silk afterwards.
Yes I have, plenty of times, in every build or finishing Thread I put up. All the information is there. As I said, I get trolled by jealous resentment haters, so no one listens to me or visits CFC Graphics where some of my builds are.
These trolls probably have Forum members convinced I know absolutely nothing.
I'm fine with that, it's not my loss because, as I said many times, I just do my thing.
Just so you know.
Yes, Sig Supercoat is all I use on the wings. I fill the grain with Sig Supercoat, then apply silk dry with CA. Finish with coats of Sig Supercoat. I did the Gee Bee Z fuselage and tail feathers this way and the GBR3 wings the way And the ARGO II wings this way. Photos and text in my builds.
Charles