Bruiser
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I wanted chrome looking fins for this rocket. I tried wrapping the whole fin in the trim but it looked bad. This stuff shows every piece of dust you didn't get off! So I switched to "plan B" which was to paint the fin with some type of shiny silver paint ad then just use the trim on the leading edge. I really wanted something to wrap over the leading edge because these are PSII plastic fins and I don't want them coming apart in flight.
I sprayed the fins with Rustoleum filler/primer then sprayed on the Rustoleum metallic silver-the one with the cap that looks like chrome. Then I clear coated with some Krylon UV stable clear gloss. Once that dried I applied the trim Monokote, which to my understanding has pressure sensitive adhesive.
Well I am having a problem with getting ripples and with some corners not staying in place. You can see a ripple near the leading edge and I circled the corner that hasn't seem to be stuck down well on the fins.
I was wondering if I need to lightly iron them down to get better results or is that a no-no with the trim sheets? My trim sheet did not have any instructions and I can't seem to find them on the web. I can only find the instructions for regular MonoKote which is a different product.
Thanks,
-Bob
I sprayed the fins with Rustoleum filler/primer then sprayed on the Rustoleum metallic silver-the one with the cap that looks like chrome. Then I clear coated with some Krylon UV stable clear gloss. Once that dried I applied the trim Monokote, which to my understanding has pressure sensitive adhesive.
Well I am having a problem with getting ripples and with some corners not staying in place. You can see a ripple near the leading edge and I circled the corner that hasn't seem to be stuck down well on the fins.
I was wondering if I need to lightly iron them down to get better results or is that a no-no with the trim sheets? My trim sheet did not have any instructions and I can't seem to find them on the web. I can only find the instructions for regular MonoKote which is a different product.
Thanks,
-Bob