Well the silkspan covering on my Ringmaster gave up after I hit a bush, no structural damage just the paper covering blew up. So I am trying to save some weight so though I would go with transparent MonoKote that the LHS had in stock. Been a while since I did this was wondering if anyone has suggestions for it's application, ship is electric so no fuel issues.

Best,   DennisT

Thanks Steve, I will be removing and sanding down to bare wood. In the past I have used Balsarite for film as a stick coat. One question when applying the transparent film, I would normally overlap it about 1/4", how to handle it so you don't get the overlap dark strip?

Best,   DennisT 

You would coat the bottom first and trim the edges so the top coat would over lap on the under side.


MM

Any suggestions on removing the old silkspan? I'm thinking maybe a little heat from a heat gun?

Best,   DennisT

   Just start tearing off or cutting off what you can, and then apply paint remover too the doped surfaces and then scrape it off when it gets soft. Plan on doing lots more sanding. Experience is the best teacher, so just dig in and try stuff.

  Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee