Originally Posted by rsrguy (Post 12095579)

This is the 2nd time I've had the privilege to work with it. It's a truly amazing material, it has its issues though. Although it's incredibly tough once it's installed it's prone to damage if folded and pulled against creases. It has a tendency to be easily marred and smudged. You can not use acetone to clean it so if you have a soiled section if you can't get it clean with pure isopropyl or the supplied cleaner you're hosed. Do not get excess glue anywhere you don't want it without immediate clean up. Using a rubber grinding wheel cleaner as an eraser works on uncured, dried adhesive works but can lift paint off of the fabric, so fastidiousness pays dividends. what I'm most impressed with is the way it takes paint. The stock finish is ok if you get it installed perfectly, and I mean perfectly, it's somewhat reminiscent of poly tone. The overlaps and tape edges are in my opinion eye sores and tend to collect and show dirt, almost a fabric panel line... not a fan, I don't care for it's translucency either. My solution is aero thane. It's my favorite paint for the money. 1 to 1.5 coats then a thorough wet sand with 400 then 600 then a single top coat of you're aerothane color. Otex is lighter than any other system... by a good margin, so what amounts to 1.5 coats of aero thane doesn't add much and still keeps it light and kills the see through look and the ugly dirt magnet edges. Lighter oratex colors show debris and dirt when it's bright. The payoff.... there isn't a covering system out there that looks as good as properly painted oratex. This set of wings will get a light coat of insignia white. I have a pa12 in line for a full oratex cover and paint in cub yellow... this stuff looks like a brand new shiney jelly belly with aero thane on it!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1695586083.jpg
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Originally Posted by pmax (Post 12095605)

Originally Posted by Racerbvd (Post 12095646)

Originally Posted by dar636 (Post 12096206)

That is a great pic of a camo Boeing facility, but it is in fact Boeing Field (Seattle) looking across the Duwamish river. Everett had not been built yet. Cool shot though.

707-E6A TACAMO TO251 during flight test, 1987 or so. Tail damage during flutter testing. This is the second failure, as the first was not captured on film. Repeat test number three passed though the aircraft's high speed limits were reduced.

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