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Gary,
I thought of that too.
Anything but black reflects in the window. Colors to varying degrees but foil
is too much..
Carbon fiber is the stuff. I have tested it and it will not burn or make a
mark.
I am planning to make some patches for the sides of the dust cover like the
elbows on a sport jacket. I plan to glue them down with spray adhesive. I
just need a good way to finish the edges so it has a nice clean look.
My dust cover is flat black so black carbon fiber may by my answer.
Still working on a solution to make it permanent...
I will post what I end up doing..
Randy Snarr
235-320
N694RS
"Flight by machines heavier than air
is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible"
-Simon Newcomb, 1902
--- On Wed, 3/2/11, Gary Edwards <gary21sn@hotmail.com>
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From: Gary Edwards <gary21sn@hotmail.com>
Subject: [LML] Re: Burned dust cover looking for material that wontburn.
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 5:58 AM
How about using a
patch of Zetex in the areas prone to burning?
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Subject: [LML] Re: Burned dust cover looking for material that wontburn.
I have tried to do
the same. I really would like a better solution though. Sooner or later it is
going to happen again. i just picked up some cloth material that will not
burn. I will post my findings to the group if it works. Randy Snarr
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Subject:
[LML] Re: Burned
dust cover looking for material that wont burn.
My second
re-covering of the glare shield lasted about 48 hours without a burn
mark. Got distracted when a TV camera crew walked up with the camera
rolling (my 15 minutes of fame). So, I said, "screw
this". I put an EAA sticker over the burn marks. It's been
there for 9 years. I try to not park with the sun behind the
plane and try to keep the canopy closed. A bit difficult when I pull
the plane out of the hanger and it's facing north for taxi.
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Subject: [LML] Burned dust cover looking for material that wont burn.
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Everyone has seen the
burn marks on your dust cover over the instrument panel from the canopy
glass caused by the sun when it hits at the right angle.
Mine was really nice. It was covered in a sinthetic black leather. Anyway,
I have already recovered it once and tried to be really careful with it. In
short, it has about 20 or so burn marks in it in 2 years.
I am looking for a black material (or could be painted black) that will not
burn that is thin that two 8" patches could be made to protect the
sides of the glare shield where the sun is hitting it.
Basically I would use an adhesive to glue down these patches where the sun
hits to stop the burn holes...
Any ideas?
Randy Snarr
N694RS
235/320
"Flight by machines heavier than
air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible"
-Simon Newcomb, 1902
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