REFLECTOR: Re: Windows

[Hiroo Umeno]

My windows came covered with brown sheets of paper from the factory.
The sheets are attached to the windows using what appear to be masking
tapes.  On the outside, I have since sprayed some "spray foam" so that
the paper does not get snagged by wayward tools or bumped by components
moving around (canard, strake, etc).  It's been like that for 5 years
and the tapes appear to be holding up pretty well.

 

The only thing I have to keep in mind is stopping myself from being
tempted to peel it and "see out the windows".

 

Hiroo

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of NMFlyer1 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:59 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Re: Windows

 

I used spray lat also and had mixed results. It worked fine on the side
windows, but was a nightmare on the windshield. I put it on nice and
thick too. I finally discovered the problem:

 

If sun can shine on the spray lat, even through one of those fiberglass
hangar doors, it really messes things up!! It won't come back off
without weeks of work!!  I tried the tricks mentioned on the reflector
about putting hot wet towels on the surface for a while, and while it
helped, it was still a nightmare. I tried goo gone, I tried mineral
spirits, and nothing worked. I ended up scraping it off a sliver at a
time with my thumbnails.  Wish I would have known about the U.V. problem
ahead of time.. I could have covered it with a towel most of the time. 

 

What I do now is:  cover the plexi with blue painters tape. It is very
easy to remove, but it also has a bad habbit of curling up. So I cover
the blue painters tape with duct tape. Now it is strong... has some
impact/abrasion resistance, and it comes off really easy. 

 

The 
Aluminum tape is a good idea too, but I would put it over the blue
masking tape, just because it is so easy to clean off the plexi.  By the
way, you can get 3 big rolls of that aluminum tape at harbor freight
stores for about $7.00, I think home supply stores cost that much a
roll. 

 

Don't let spray lat get UV exposure, even indirect, for any length of
time!   You have been warned ( my thumbs will never be the same). 

 

Kurt 

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