Plan protection

[fly boy3]

Hi all, just wondered what other builders use to protect the plan from glues etc before a build. Thank you.

[Keith Evans 3]

The clear backings from covering films .

[Levanter]

Have two methods

Choice 1. Grease proof oven paper if I am going to avoid cyano and the plan printing is nice and clear. I find it easy to handle and cut.

Choice 2. Cling film.

My clear backings from coverings are very rarely big enough to be useful so they generally get chucked.

Levanter

[Peter Miller]

The backing from film.

Must try cling film.

[Alan H]

The thin plastic bags that jackets/suits etc come back from the dry cleaners in

[Alan Gorham_]

SLEC sell a specific plan protection film which I have used before:

**LINK**

[McG 6969]

... packaging foil for flowers > see your local florist shop.

Cheers

Chris

[Piers Bowlan]

I have used cellophane for years. It is very cheap from eBay or Amazon also craft or art shops. Much better than the covering backing. Completey clear, does not ruck up, and nothing will stick to it.

[Craig Carr]

Hello Fly Boy,

I'm the same as Chris, the plastic wrapping that Florists use to wrap bouquets etc. It lies lovely and flat and nowt sticks to it

My local florists usually gives me a load for a notional couple of quid.

Craig

Edited By Craig Carr on 25/09/2018 12:22:17

[Stuart Z]

Hi

I use polythene sheet bought off Amazon. Sold by garden centres. Huge amount for little money.

I use it to make a “tent” for airbrushing and sheeting over plans when building. Goes a long way and very durable!

S

[Former Member]

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[Martin Harris - Moderator]

I'm another clingfilmerist but I do have a roll of proper plan protector that I came across recently.

I often see the advice to use backing film but as I (a) mostly use Profilm with opaque backing and (b) don't find the pieces I cut off would be large enough anyway, it's never seemed very practical to use.

[Cuban8]

Beware clingfilm if you use cyano...............................

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

I do, but it hasn't given me any grief. What sort of problems have you had?

[Bob Cotsford]

The last few builds I just used sellotape on the joint positions. Not much seems to stick to sellotape!

[John Lee]

Posted by Alan Gorham_ on 25/09/2018 12:00:49:

SLEC sell a specific plan protection film which I have used before:

**LINK**

+1, works well, I always keep a spare pack in stock & it saves scratching around for substitutes.

[Former Member]

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[Cuban8]

Re clingfilm and cyano, against my better judgement I put a layer of clingfilm over my latest plan and had the wood weld itself to the stuff because of the cyano that had crept between the two surfaces. A pain to fix but just inconvenient picking and sanding the stuff off. Never again.

[Stearman65]

I asked the same question since I came back to building after an 11 year layoff. I used to use clingfilm but it's expensive & messy. I was pointed to florists clear cellophane. I've been using it for a couple of weeks, however, the cyno I'm using sticks to it, It's cheap enough to use new every time.

[Piers Bowlan]

I have never had cyano stick to cellophane, maybe it is the biodegradable cellophane that sticks to cyano?

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Posted by Cuban8 on 25/09/2018 16:26:17:
Re clingfilm and cyano, against my better judgement I put a layer of clingfilm over my latest plan and had the wood weld itself to the stuff because of the cyano that had crept between the two surfaces. A pain to fix but just inconvenient picking and sanding the stuff off. Never again.

Maybe there are cling films and cling films? I've been using a roll of catering quality "Polycling" liberated from my wife's stocks since I started building again around the turn of the century. I've had little difficulty separating plans, film or balsa without damage over numerous builds.

[John Tee]

My experience of clingfilm and cyano was that it went through any pinhole and stuck everything to the plan. Obviouslt heavy handed with the cyano.

john

[Robin Etherton]

I just rub a candle over the plan. Nothing sticks to a waxy surface.

[Stearman65]

Posted by Robin Etherton on 25/09/2018 19:32:21:

I just rub a candle over the plan. Nothing sticks to a waxy surface.

Problem with that method the candle grease gets on the wood & nothing will stick to the wood.

[MaL]

I use a copy shop