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I'm wondering if high performance vinyl stays on high performance planes? I have a plane to do and the little voice is bugging me about this. Seems about 15 years ago I went out to hand letter a plane because of decal failure...
-------------------- Bob Parsons 907-258-6283 rparsons@gci.net Posts: 118 | From: Anchorage, AK / USA | Registered: Aug 1999
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Thanks Bob. I've cut a lot of masks for jets myself. Sure would be nice to use vinyl on this job -- it's an emergency vehicle that gets taken out of the hangar at a moments notice. Maybe I just answered my own question!
-------------------- Bob Parsons 907-258-6283 rparsons@gci.net Posts: 118 | From: Anchorage, AK / USA | Registered: Aug 1999
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I've seen lots of projects showing vinyl put on airplanes; but it gives me chills thinking about a big piece of vinyl coming off in flight, and going into a jet engine intake.
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"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." Posts: 2963 | From: Mendenhall, MS | Registered: Apr 1999
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I spoke with Butch Anton several years ago. He found that if you seal the leading edge of the vinyl (in his case, with Frog Juice) the vinyl will stay on just fine.
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When I fly, I always try to touch the lettering on the planes. Seems the newest stickers, and they are printed stickers, are about the plane having Wi-Fi on it.
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once again, there seems to be just alot of confusion on this. Ive used oracal 651 on planes and had no problem. I didnt tack weld it, seal the edges or clear the whole plane when applied. I did this on a small cessna. Did i care? of course I did. I did the research and felt comfortable with it
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