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- From: frank@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (Frank Manning)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: MonoKote/SuperMonoKote (was FliteKote<=>MonoKote?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.154054.4198@arizona.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 22:40:54 GMT
- References: <swhite.725657520@convex.com> <1784@necis.UUCP>,<C0Ar19.JB3@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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- In article <C0Ar19.JB3@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
- (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >
- >In article <swhite.725657520@convex.com>, swhite@convex.com (Steve Whiteside)
- >wrote:
- >>
- >> Q) What is the difference between MonoKote and SuperMonoKote?
- >
- >I believe Monokote was the original covering way back in time. I seem
- >to recall someone telling me that the adhesive was pressure-sensitive,
- >i.e. it was more like FasCal and not an iron-on.
-
- I remember trying out the original Monokote when it first came out back in
- the mid-to-late sixties. Boy oh boy was I disappointed.
-
- It was somewhat pressure-sensitive, but it was indeed iron-on, and you
- could use it directly over sheeted surfaces. However, what the ads and
- modeling press tended to gloss over was you couldn't use it to cover an
- open-framework unless you first used Silkspan or something. In other words,
- the Monokote went on top of conventional covering.
-
- I found this out the hard way. This is one thing that peeved me about the
- model press at the time -- presenting an overly-rosy picture of the
- product. Only in the fine print -- if at all -- did it mention the
- open-framework restriction.
-
- -- Frank Manning --
- -- College of Engineering and Mines --
- -- Civil Engineering 100, University of Arizona --
- -- Tucson, AZ 85721 frank@evax2.engr.arizona.edu --
-