Teflon sheets for smoothing finishing tapes

[War Eagle]

Hello GW,
saw your post and thought I would let you know about a little trick we used with the teflon sheets.

Rather than move the flat sheet around to each location you are trying to iron, we made a sock configuration to attach the sheet to the iron.

Made it very easy to iron where you needed to without the hazzle of moving the teflon sheet along the tape etc.

Hope the pic shows enough detail to visualize what we did.

The sheet would wear out gradually so we would just replace it with a new one and be on our way again. Did 14 planes this way.

[GWright6970]

Making the iron "teflon socks" is a great idea!

(BTW: Cleaning Poly Brush out of the large iron's 'steam holes' with a Q-Tip was not my idea of quality building time! So I finished my ironing of the tapes with the hobby iron... which is actually teflon coated... but the sheets still out-performed that teflon coated iron by it self.)

[phintz]

You can try this also if you'd like. Wax paper!! It transfers heat great without the polyspray mess on your iron. It worked great for me, hope this helps another builder!

[SkyPirate]

Ive done the wax paper too works pretty good

[kmach]

Has anyone every tried using parchment paper that is used for baking ?

I have not tried it , but I think it should work.

[mr bill]

I wish I had known about the use of Teflon sheets in time. I used Stewart Systems adhesive and it was annoying to have to clean the iron periodically. Looking at the pictures, it appears the tapes would have laid a little smoother. Not a big deal, but it would have been nice. By the way, my $15 Monokote iron worked better than my $50 Coverite iron.

[n85ae]

For tapes I used a Monokote iron with nothing else (i.e. no sheets, etc.), and
had no troubles at all. I use the Polyfiber system. It's all about heat, timing,
and technique. A quick swipe across a rag usually gets most of the Polybrush
residue off the iron.

Regards,
Jeff

[Alexsandro111]

Great, very detailed and understandable manual - also with illustrations

[taff]

I suggest you click on the manual and go to chapter 8, for more info on PolySpray

https://4dc8cf9a-0bab-40d5-bd6e-ca9b...2c97c69571.pdf

[Alexsandro111]

Thanks so much for the clarification and the link!