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Ironing out the wrinkles


Gene T

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Just finished skinning my Longshot  The 11.5 oz dacron worked out pretty well in that the hull skin is tight and no wrinkles.  On the deck however,  I managed to end up with more than I would like.  My questions are, when I practiced skinning on another object, I could not iron out the wrinkles or skrink the fabric.  Was my iron not hot enough? Or am I just impatient?

 

thanks

gene

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Although I used the 8 oz. recycled fabric I had similar questions and some of the responses may help you.  There was a detailed response about calibrating the iron that was especially helpful.  Good luck.  Here's the link to my post:

http://www.messing-about.com/forums/topic/8680-heat-shrinking-question/

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Thank you to Jeff and mitchmellow.  I obtained a hotter working iron and ironed out the wrinkles.  Better than I could have guessed it would.  It has it's first coat of paint and I love the results of the build.  Jeff, you created a hot looking boat that will drive me nuts not to use till April.  That's when the ice usually leaves the lake open.  It weighed in at 34 pounds.  I don't know how much the several coats of paint is going to add.

 

Thanks again to all who helped, whether you knew it or not.  I read the forum and it's a great resource.

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