Tony H Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Hi All, I have just been trying to cover my plane with Easycoat and it is awful stuff the white is almost transparant and the dark blue coloured glue has smeared on the white. Unlike Solarfilm which you could use Metholated Spirit to get the covering off colour off the other covering this does not work with this awful stuff. Does anyone know how to remover the coloured glue from the lighter colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Try isopropyl alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Tried that, didn't work either. Thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Hilton Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Cellulose thinners works . I agree it’s lousy stuff I wanted oracover but couldn’t get the colours so I ended up with easy coat. I wish I hadn’t Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Calcutt Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Worse stuff I have ever used,went in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Turner 12 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Work of the devil, put it on a fin, tried to shrink it and the red came off the clear film, agree fit for the bin, the Chinese eBay and hobby king stuff is miles better, I even prefer doculam and covering in tissue to easy coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 I have persevered with the Easycoat covering and have nearly finished but it really isn't good stuff, the white is see through and the glue backing needs a very specific amount of heat which is hard to keep the iron at. It seems to work best at about 110-115c. I wouldn't recommend the covering material, I just hope it can stand up to an IC planes oil and won't peel off in flight as the glue seems to be very weak. The dark blue colour I have is a nice colour and went on ok, the covering seems to work better with darker colours. I used silver instead of white to cover the wing which was a little hit and miss, it went on ok..ish but you get different colour swirls (where you move the coloured glue around under the film with the iron) where the coloured glue has stuck and soaked into the wood. It's not like Solar film, Solar film has coloured glue underneath too but it doesn't seem to change the colour or delaminate in the same way. It is also much stronger adhesive with Solar film, the down side of Solar film is it sag in the sun and its hard to recover planes because of the coloured glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Gates Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Another Easycoat non user here. Awfull stuff, film comes away from the coloured glue way to easily. I have now moved onto laminating film and paint, film sticks really well. As for my airbrushing skills....they are improving shall we say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC57 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I used Easycoat seconds to cover this a few years ago, and didn’t have any trouble. So it must have changed since then if everyone thinks it’s so bad now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I was asked by a club member if I could re cover an old cub for him that he had bought off of eBay. He supplied the covering , yellow easy coat seconds. Not good ! The adhesive was fickle and didn't seem consistent, perhaps that's why is was sold as seconds. It also had areas, small scrapes where the colour and adhesive were extremely thin and showed on the surface. Eventually finished the job but won't use it again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foxon Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) Easycover is a load off rubbish with the heat off Ur fingers the colour comes of it's to thin best place for it is the bin fortunately I only done half of the elevator so a waste of £45 on three rolls they were seconds never used so much rubbish. Edited March 29 by Martin Harris - Moderator Welcome to the forum. You should be able to edit your posts for a few minutes after posting but I've amended this one and deleted the correction you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I've never used it but it seems to be an Oracover product - seems odd that so many reports of poor performance have been raised for a product from such a respected company. Could there be counterfeiting going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I used some once but never again, the adhesive/colour layer stays sticky and it's doesn't hide the black surface of laser cut parts at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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