Over here there is a product called Aerothane 100 by Polyfiber
(www.polyfiber.com) which is a UV clearcoat. A lot of manufacturers in the
US now offer this as an option, mostly for cenonite coverings but it works
just as well on Dacron. Aparently Dupont makes something similar but I don't
have the exact name of it. Guy De France at Speedwing uses it (Dupont stuff)
and has very good results.
Aerothane works very well but if you regularly play with the fabric (ie:
open the fastback) it cracks and you run the chance of the cracks acting
like a knife on the rest of the fabric. I was going to cover mine but since
I keep it in an excellent hangar there is no need for the UV. Keeping stains
off on the other hand is another topic altogether. My leading edge is grey
and while is has some stains from fuel and such its not too obvious so I'm
not very worried.
Hope this helps
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Trevor Page
X-Air Ontario Dealer
tpage@...
From: xairirl@...
Reply-To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 22:35:14 -0000
To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...
Subject: X-Air Ultralight Aircraft Fabric protection
My new Xair is Green & yellow, and before I take it out I would like
to add sort of protection to the leading edge fabric, (yellow) to
prevent the dirt and grime getting into the weave.
I have seen alot of Xair's to date with yellow leading edges, and
once dirtied they are very hard to clean. Does anybody know of a
product I could paint on NOW to seal the weave, I know in the US they
paint the whole wing with some form of UV protection paint.
Seamus O'Donnell
Xair Ireland
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