In Richard Lamb wrote:
Del Rawlins wrote:

In Robert Little wrote:

very stable once it dries. Again, dope on cotton and linen has been
used for the 50 years prior to the introduction of the newer
fabrics.

Yes, but both of those fabrics have built in shrinking ability and
will continue to shrink as they age. How can you make fiberglass
cloth shrink? Maybe I just don't understand enough about your
process to get it. Do you have a website with technical information,
or could you post an excerpt from the relevant part of your
application manual?

Del,

Check the model airplane supply houses.
You can find glass down to 1/2 ounce per yard.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the effects of cold weather on the
glass cloth. I think you are confusing me with Ernest.

Butyrate shrinks quite a bit.
Even the "non-taughtening" variety pulls up a bit.

So a glass skin would rely on the coating for taughtness
(not in the MS dictonary?) - just like linen does.

I thought that the natural fiber coverings like linen or cotton were
primarily shrunk using water? I.E. they get most of their tautness from
natural shrinkage as the water dries, prior to the coating being applied.
Or am I all wet? I don't know a lot about fabric covering and am just
trying to get a clear understanding of the various systems.

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