Rowinj13
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Okay, so I am fairly new to the RC world and have to say I love everything about Flite Test. I have already built the FT Tiny Trainer, and am getting ready to build the FT Mini Mustang and Spitfire. I live in Michigan and have to deal with wet conditions for at least 3/4 of the year so I was looking for ways to increase the longevity of DTFB especially against water/moisture.
I have seen some posts on here about people talking about the use of CampDry spray waterproofing. I own CampDry and my wife just picked up a can of Kiwi Outdoor Work Boot & Shoe spray waterproofing and have done some tests.
So far every piece of DTFB that I have sprayed it on has attained a waterproof surface with no separation of the paper from the foam core. The great thing about doing this is that it does not add any perceptible weight to the planes.
For most of you this may be an issue since you want to add a color scheme/paint job to your plane and this will cause a problem, and you may not want just a white or black plane (as I have found that those are the two colors that the Dollar Tree carries in their stores) you could always check to see if your local Dollar Store can order cases of different colors of the Redi board for you. If they won't you can always use the paper that you remove from other pieces of foam board and color those and then use spray adhesive to develop you color scheme/patterns, or you could use markers to make your patterns and then use the spray waterproofing.
I just wanted to share this with everyone.
I have uploaded some pics. One of the waterproofer that I used, one of the piece of DTFB that I treated the right half of, and then sprayed with water. I also included a pic of the FB that I shook the water off.
I figured that this might be something you guys would want to take a look at and maybe share this with everyone.
I have seen some posts on here about people talking about the use of CampDry spray waterproofing. I own CampDry and my wife just picked up a can of Kiwi Outdoor Work Boot & Shoe spray waterproofing and have done some tests.
So far every piece of DTFB that I have sprayed it on has attained a waterproof surface with no separation of the paper from the foam core. The great thing about doing this is that it does not add any perceptible weight to the planes.
For most of you this may be an issue since you want to add a color scheme/paint job to your plane and this will cause a problem, and you may not want just a white or black plane (as I have found that those are the two colors that the Dollar Tree carries in their stores) you could always check to see if your local Dollar Store can order cases of different colors of the Redi board for you. If they won't you can always use the paper that you remove from other pieces of foam board and color those and then use spray adhesive to develop you color scheme/patterns, or you could use markers to make your patterns and then use the spray waterproofing.
I just wanted to share this with everyone.
I have uploaded some pics. One of the waterproofer that I used, one of the piece of DTFB that I treated the right half of, and then sprayed with water. I also included a pic of the FB that I shook the water off.
I figured that this might be something you guys would want to take a look at and maybe share this with everyone.
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