How do you cover with wet tissue?

[paul]

Recently I discovered you can apply the tissue wet

How wet?
Hope this will this reduce wrinkles? if so, how is it applied

Thanks in advance

Paul

[Sai1704]

I use white glue/water mixture to attach tissue. I cover wet only on the fuselage, where there are tighter/more complex curves.
First I coat the edge surfaces that will be in contact with the mixture.
Next I lightly spray the tissue with water, not so much that it is fully soaked, but so that it is moist and it loosens.
Then I just cover the tissue over the frame, not giving so much care as to make it wrinkle free, as it sags, but will almost be drum tight when it dries up. Besides if you make it too tight, the tension might cause warps or the tissue to rip.
There is no extra difficulty in this, only the tissue is more delicate and needs to be handled with care.

[paul]

Thankyou

Picture posted is 1 of 4 wings, also fuselage covered with same method
NO WRINKLES




Thanks

[davidchoate]

do you guys substitute the tissue for silkspan on some models? I have on some i think it works better, and on some it does'nt.I noticed on 400 planes for some reason it tends too show the skeleton too much on non infilled areas. My hobby store had this very nice thick silk for a while, but now they can't get it. they sell the guillows stuff now.

[kittyfritters]

Even the light silkspan, of which the Guillow's stuff is a very good example, is heavier than tissue. When I cover wet I use tissue on any model of less than 24" span, either, depending on the structure of the model between 24" and 30" and silkspan on anything larger than 30" span. That's just arbitrary, but it's what has worked for me.

When I use tissue my first choice is Esaki from Japan. It has excellent wet strength and has a calendared (shiny) side that you put out to take a good finish. The color range is limited. The working time wet is about 95 seconds.

I also use domestic tissues when I need other colors. You need a somewhat lighter touch with domestic tissue due to less wet strength. The tissues from Easy Built are very good. The tissue from Guillow's also works very well wet if you just need white or red or are going to paint. Wrapping tissues have to be tested first for wet strength and colorfastness. Some have been excellent and others just plain useless.

Does this help?

Howard