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Old May 27th 16, 08:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 8:27:40 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Has anyone used the micro-mesh kits? My canopy had an unfortunate meeting with the ramp today, and after two hours with Novas #3 it still needs attention. It is an acrylic material, and the scratches are not really deep, but I can fell them with my finger.. I flew it after the incident, and my visibility was okay? Off to look for more booze in this house.
Thank you!
MT


I've used it to remove crazing from my canopy. It works well but it takes a lot of effort and some degree of courage as the instructions suggest starting with a fairly coarse grade of paper and progressively working through finer grades, the very fine grades included in the kit and finally the kit polishing compounds. I sat there for a while with the 180 grit wrapped around the backing pad before working up the nerve to start in on the canopy with it. If the scratches are on a fairly limited area you may be able to get away with only working on that area but I had to do the entire surface to get rid of the crazing as it was fairly deep.