by GPW » Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:49 am
Gosh guys , for my money , I was trying to get away from those smelly spray adhesives... First , they're a bit pricy , and from experiences years ago , in exposure to heat ( sun ) the adhesive outgasses and actually melts the foam a bit ... ( 3M77 tested on Balsa covered foam wings ) ...
PLUS , it’s just not that difficult to lay a piece of material on the ceiling with TB2 ... ( If I can do it , anybody can do it !!! ) .. Extra pair of hands helps ... The trick is to cut your fabric to size , leaving just a couple inches on each side ... then roll up the fabric into a roll ... Then you can start at one end , generously apply straight T2 to the ceiling (foam) , and start to stick one end of the roll down at your starting point ... Your helper can hold the roll while you press the fabric into place with a small squeegee ...and hold and unroll as you go ( easy work for the helper ) ... Without a helper , you need to make a T stick out of scraps , something the right length to hold up the roll while you glue ... ( more diffcult)
One point ... ( here it comes ) if you use something to stick the fabric to the foam at the starting point , it won’t try to detach ... I used Blow gun darts as they were Big , easy to work with, and had orange tips I could see...
Ps. if the fabric wasn’t pre shrunk , you might want to leave extra fabric all around to trim ... and be prepared to go back and squeege ( press down) the edges again ... and again ...
There’s no place like Foam !