Covering Film Solid White (5mtr) 113

 Fabio Luis 13 points

It´*s very nice but not with iron can apply very hot.

 Fabio Luis 13 points

I do not recommend for electric, will get a little heavy

 Wim 8 points

It would be a GOLD mine

 Fatcat 8 points

Thanks Fabrice had no internet for 2 weeks,would have replied sooner

 Mr Krinkle 622 points

Put it in your cart and your postage options will be displayed.

 Twister PL 118 points

That's a nice model do you know the name or who's production it is or some link to plans etc I realy like it and would like to have sth like this in my fleet

 RattleSnake 361 points

Its Designed and Built by Myself so there is only 1 in existance! I used a Sipkill 1.7/10B airfoil. There arent really any plans for it, I just drew kind of a template so that I could make sure the wings were even. The rest was made up as I went along.

 Mr Krinkle 622 points

First you need to remove the clear backing as this has the heat activated adhesive(this can be a bit fiddly, as you can barely notice the backing) For heat settings I use my Hobby King iron between Medium to High, but I also have a fan blowing air over my work to get rid of the slight fumes, so my settings may be higher than others. The first time I used this film (also the first time I used my Hobby King iron and the first time I had ever done any covering) I just tested a piece on a small component I was covering, started off at say medium and cranked it up as need be, from memory medium was fine too, but turning it up just sped up the process. Its actually really easy and you should figure it out quite quickly, you can see what the film's doing and change your temperature to suit.

 Fatcat 8 points

Thank you MR Krinkle you have been most helpful ,will let you how my project turns out

 billum2 172 points

This film is quite heavy and requires a fair amount of heat to shrink around curves. I suspect not good for any kind of foam. Have you considered coloured tissue or fine glass cloth applied with water based varnish?

 billum2 172 points

In my experiance of 40 years of film covering I would class this on the heavier side. Ideal for 1/4 scale. Very tough and requires a fair heat to shrink around tight curves such as wing tips.

 tataBulik 24 points

Like the billum2 says, curves are the problem. It is almost imposible to shrink around the curves vithout demage of film color (when I use black film, colour layer strech!!!). I solve this problem by cutting the stripes on curved areas and cover one by one. It is thin tisue, and cuts seems invisible.

 Mike K 114 points

Thanks guys.

 Fatcat 8 points

What temperature for preliminary application and tightening temp

 sa0746 274 points

must be very careful with the temperature, the material is very sensitive to it, with half the plate can make the first tests

 fabrice 53 points

Bonjour, 125°*c 250°*F For the beginning Final tension 150°*C 300°*F

 fireball412 414 points

No it is not self adhesive. It has a layer of hot-glue adhesive.

 NWflyer 5 points

covering is iron on self adhesive and works very well. i plan on buying more soo. very pleased with it.

 LU4DPO 9 points

very good,There should be more colors

 ZdenekS 13 points

Velice dobrá fólie. Moc dobre se s ní pracuje. Jsem velice spokojen.

 BrianB192 1294 points

wonderful

 igor 35 points

Întotdeauna!

 Railcrew 41 points

all covering tends to come directly from china i have found.

 Zahid Rasheed 70 points

The material is vinyl i think, I recommend use this covering as a base cover e.g white... then use a glossy photographic sticker paper for your ink jet to print design on them and then use it as a trim. I do like that and it works perfectly !! My 2 cents *)

 Zahid Rasheed 70 points

The material is vinyl i think, I recommend use this covering as a base cover e.g white... then use a glossy photographic sticker paper for your ink jet to print design on them and then use it as a trim. I do like that and it works perfectly !! My 2 cents *)

 MOREAU 5 points

it's good

 RC Fun 371 points

I am told that this is polyester. I have sanded it and painted it with 2 pack paint works well

 Railcrew 41 points

DO NOT use this film in your printer,it is not sturdy enough for the paper pickup feeds and whatever ink you use it will start to run and you wont get good crisp edges from whatever you print.WARNING.

 bocha 7 points

Excelente film, muy recomendado!!! regards!

 billum2 172 points

I would class this covering as heavyweight for large openframe structures. Sticks well and tolerates high temperatures. Backing easy to remove revealing white adhesive on colours. Very opaque on solid colours. Tougher and less stretchy than some.

 mohamed 9 points

it is good for big bird but for small electric plane it is heavy weight

 Robert 3 points

i would say the same as ora..... *-)

 TheeDave 18 points

I see the responses and I need to clarify this. This covering is not in the same class as monokote or oracover(ultracote). It is more like the light weight films such as solar film or ekonokote. You would never put this on a hot .25 to .40 class or bigger plane. Yes it is probably too heavy for a 10oz plane. It is appropriate for a light weight flimsy glider structure or a smaller type plane. The shrinkage is very good but because it is a lighter film it does get so tight as monokote and may not warp a light structure. The weight of a 5M x 0.064M roll is 10.6 oz. At least that is what one of mine weighs.

 TheeDave 18 points

The 10.6 oz for 5M roll is with the backing on so it propably is not helpful info.

 BiplanNorway 19 points

Thanks, TheeDave, best answer. Sorry I already credited the first reply. Shrink film is a new covering material to me. I'm scratch building a dogfighter with foam wing and built up kapron fuselage. Exploring a quick method of adding surface strength and color. Yes, I was thinking finished weight without backing. Still waiting for that answer.

 Sheldon 33 points

This film is good. I wouldn't use it on things that are really small though. I would recommend it for use on aircraft that are >40" span or so. Maybe a little less. But I would highly recommend this covering for any model* that's the bottom line.

 Richard 11 points

Great for internal combustion motors **might be a little heavy for small electrics though. But larger electrics would be fine.

 dibedu 117 points

january, when they renew stock

 Cristiane Monteiro 12 points

Exelente qualidade em aplicacao e qualidade.
edmodels*hotmail**** Brasil

 spitfire2010 640 points

I'm supprised cufflink hasn't hit this with one

 Berti.z 23 points

what do you mean???
wenn du deutscher bist schreibs bitte mal auf deutsch, ich verstehs nich :-)

 boingk 257 points

Stock usually comes in every week or two, but sometimes can be as long as a month before coming back into stock. This is because of suppliers not always being able to meet demand, transport issues or warehouse arrangements. Add a ''notify by email'' so you will know as soon as they are back in stock.

 Frank 29 points

I got a repy that my 25 meters were in on 24-12-2011....

 flyhigh79 38 points

You can use your "normal" iron, which you use for your clothes. For attaching choose a lower temperature - for Shrinking increase the temperature (cotton position) ... Best is to test it before on a small piece of foil laying on your iron (the correct temperature for fixing is reached if the foil is slightly curled and sticky - the temperature for Shrinking is reached if it pulls together) Sorry for my bad english i hope i could help.

 Jonathan 7 points

The common iron can be used, but beware! iron is used where there is balsa wood. in places where there are holes you must use the heat gun to the finish.

 bigtiii 65 points

Buy a covering iron. You'll regret it if you don't. The frustration you are about to experience trying to use a clothes iron isn't worth the 25 bucks you'll spend on a covering iron. RCGroups has a classified section and you can pick a used iron up cheap there or buy one from the King.

 BiplanNorway 19 points

Many years ago and with another type of film I used a normal household iron. Not good result, temperature is not constant enouogh. Regular iron is very big, heavy and clumsy to use. Recommend highly that you buy a covering iron and trim iron. Do not use heat gun to apply film. The film must be pressed on to the surface with a temperature that melts the glue, but don't shrink the film. Esperiment with small cut off pieces of film to adjust temperature.

 christiano 76 points

yes, have a good quality

 Fibersonic 5 points

yes, have a good quality

 dacalap 69 points

it's more like oracover and you can paint it

 tatolazo 16 points

I got some and seems to be even better, more heat resistant. Some others have compared them to other materials even better than monokote cause the thickness of the material. quite good and the translucent colors are equally resistant too!!.

 hubcap 21 points

yes it does work easyer than most other covering and you dont have to re srink if you do it propley **FROM HUBCAP

 _James_ 5 points

Great stuff! I would rate it right up there with the brand name stuff. Will be buying more.

 bigtiii 65 points

It's actually more like Ultracote than Monokote. All the covering film has a white adhesive regardless of the color. I bought red, white and red/white checkerboard and the adhesive melts white. It's just like ultracote. I love this covering but you will get some white "ooze" on some seams. You can use Monokote solvent to clean it up.

 wipiman 10 points

bonne qualité, trop transparent sur le blanc qui peut réclamer une finition avant entoilage si des disparités de teintes sont présentent avant l'entoilage. Facile à poser.

 Richard 11 points

A very good covering film ** equal to any of the other top brands at a very affordable price.

 Polardegos 54 points

Forgot to say it but reason I ask is to know what means of trimming one have on these things. Like making a warbird pattern, hos is that done? Can the cote be painted, can you lay cote on top of cote, or does it have to lay edge to edge and so on?

 dacalap 69 points

yes you can paint this covering film. I do that with polyurethane or aquarethane color without any problem.

 Mr.Cosenza 5 points

Sure you can lay cote over cote. Just pay attention on cheap cotes. If the cote stretches to easy with less heat then the other one you have, this one must be above the other how needs more heat to avoid holes under your planes cover. About the paint, I usually sand a little bit with a 6000 gran sand paper just enough to make it mat to the paint fix on the cote.

 pigge 18 points

The problem was that there is a protective film that must be removed first. Hobby King should definitely send a description, it would save many curse words.

 FABIO 6 points

Hello, I am perfectly used on wood, with excellent adhesion. Do not use the iron too hot. Paste the perimeter first, then stretch the area.

 Mariano 8 points

Hi, first you should identify the side with adhesive protective film, particularly with the white color is more difficult to identify. The most suitable temperature is 150 ° C no more, but have problems of rapid contraction with subsequent coating adhesion problem. The coating seems to me excellent, very easy to use and that occur when wrinkles are very very easy to remove.

 pigge 18 points

Thanks to "FABIO" and "Mariano" which I wrote, I found that there is a skydt'film that must be removed first, but thanks for showing kindness. Dag alias Pigge

 Brett 5 points

I have used both white and blue with no problems. No adhesion problems. When using on top of other covering like for stripes use low heat or it will shrink.

 Katana180 22 points

Film de très bonne qualité J'ai entoilé un Zlin 50 de 2.2m et un Fournier RF4 D de 4m

 Eugenio Ramos 5 points

Hi! did you make sure to clean the surface from dust or fat previous to apply the film?
It is very important to have the surface perfectly clean.. residues of wood dust or oils will afect the adhesion preformance of the film.

 GTR 34 Skyline 39 points

As this film has a back protective film (it is clear) you must remove it before you heat it at all, to remove it all you do is get a corner and dogear it ("dog ear" is a term used for books as when people would borrow a book from a library they didnt use a bookmark they just bent the page corner over thus DOGEARing a page) once dogeared flick it until you see that the backing has seperated then just seperate iron on with a bit more heat than used for ProFilm.

 nieves50 90 points

Yes, remove the plastic film...Have this covering and it's freaking great!

 stormtronix 23 points

it has a protective film, as every high quality covering film has, it is very great quality for this price and sticks very well, don´t make it to hot, the best is to try on an example peace of wood/foam, before ironing on your model

 Jose' 3 points

boa qualidade e bom preço para a quntidade

 ELI 5 points

Hello I used iron without covering cloth. temp. 150c,the red cover glued o.k,with no problems.
best regards

 Bob 22 points

This is great stuf, you need to remove the clear plastic backing first, use a piece of sticky tape to lift it, starting from a corner. Cheers...

 beetle47 5 points

The easiest way to remove the backing sheet is to use skicky tape to lift the backing off one corner rather than dogear and creasing the film

 titch 7 points

yes it is as i have it on my dig stix and it covers very well

 eliana 266 points

no problem this is a very perfect film

 NottinghamNick 2 points

Many thanks Titch & Eliana - time to work out how much I'll need then.

Happy landings! Nick

 gustavo ariel 33 points

Si, soporta el conbustible.

 knuflyer 24 points

Yes, it is fuel proof....

 barbos91 16 points

yes this covering film is petrol proof! you only need to cover your plain carefully without holes =)

 theo van schaik 6 points

Yes, I use this film on all my nitro and gas planes and it stays on very good. TIP: use a few drops of Hobyking superglue at the edges of the film, this will prevent the nitro getting under the film!

 Norberto 260 points

muy buen monokote, se estire perfecto y aguanta excelente el calor

 Mariano 8 points

Hi, I use this film in my petrol and glow aircraft with excellent results, as data utlize glow fuel with 15 nitromethane and no problem. The film sticks very well and very easy to tighten.

 willy-riis 47 points

the product is so good, that I sometimes clean it with paint thinner or acetone when the stain is stubborn.

 ask21! 40 points

I painted it.It looks as oracover. *)

 Beaufighter 1808 points

Not unless you plank the foam, the film requires high heat.

 ask21! 40 points

Maybe it's too high temperature for foam-use.

 FRAMOSNT 315 points

I agree ! More stock ! How long must we wait to regulate the stock?

The problem is that the replacement is always small, so who needs, buying a lot!

 FRAMOSNT 315 points

Why I did paid add pack to bought it (+300grs)? I received in normal paper box !!

 ask21! 40 points

Sure,i like it very much.It's chaper then oracover and same quality.