Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Conoly"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: fabric covering With all the recent talk about dope and fabric and what was used topaint the various projects, I noticed that everyone had used dacron. Hasanyone out there used any unbleached muslin that can be obtained fromSears? This is the same as grade A cotton, just not certified. I have afriend who is covering his Tailwind with this stuff and am just wonderingif any other Piet builders have tried it or not? Ceconite or dacron has been the rage for years, but when I owned a dopeand fabric shop many years ago most of the palnes I recovered were oldTri-Pacer's with original Grade A at least 17 years old. I've known ofseveral Ceconite jobs that didn't last ten years -- usually on Citabriasfor some reason. I believe it was because of all the sharp angles(maybe). Anyway, just curious.John LangstonPipe Creek, TXnle97(at)juno.com________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;Thanks primarily to the urging of my friend and "online Tech Counselor/A&P" Jeff Scott in Los Alamos, I finally dived into the fabric covering of my vertical stabilizer after doing the needed repairs on the wood. I've never done any fabric work prior to this, and had wanted to hold it to a simple patch repair, but it made more sense to strip the old fabric and recover.What fun! Almost as much fun as woodwork! It went exactly as per the book (Poly-Fiber). Got the fabric measured, cut, and glued to the stabilizer, then heat smoothed, then tautened the fabric (absolute magic!) and applied the first coat of Poly-Brush. It's drying now, to be followed by trying my hand at the modified seine knot (lacing the ribs), applying pinked finishing tapes, then the Poly-Brush, Poly-Spray (silver), and finally the "Federal Yellow" Poly-Tone.To those who haven't yet done fabric work: you can do it! It's fun and rewarding, the system is very forgiving of beginner's roughness, and besides... the Pietenpol was conceived as a "barnyard job" and wouldn't know what to do with an ultra-fancy covering or paint job anyway!Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________