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Old December 8th 19, 08:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Filling small holes in panel?

I just got word that "vinyl wrapping" has been approved in Europe for many makes and models of gliders.

To cover crazed gel coat...IMHO...not a good choice.

Two reasons. 1080 has an outdoor exposure life of maybe 4 years....so maybe if a glider is kept inside most of the time it would be OK.

Also vinyl wrap gets almost impossible to remove if it is left on for 4 years...
In most automotive used it is sort of semi permanent, removed and replaces periodically.

As for covering the crazing...it won't really...the vinyl take on the shape of the under surface so I am afraid that the crazing will show through somewhat. Also the crazing may continue to get worse under the wrap.

I just did a wrap on my car roof, to cover up blistering and peeling clear coat...BUT I had to wet sand 400 grit and remove all traces of the clear coat before applying the wrap.

Wrapping is not all the inexpensive.

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On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:13:03 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 9:10:24 PM UTC-8, Cookie wrote:

Then use 3m 1080 vinyl wrap..."anthracite" color carbon fiber...looks great, easy.


Would 1080 vinyl be a good material to cover crazed gelcoat?


 




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