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- From: north@fir.egr.msu.edu (George M North)
- Subject: Re: Applique with Ripstop?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.174548.193@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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- Organization: College of Engineering, Michigan State University
- References: <1992Nov15.133559.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> <10980@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 17:45:48 GMT
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- In article <10980@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>, pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Pat Prosser) writes:
- |> Applique is not difficult. Generally what I do is
- |>
- |> (1) Cut out a shape I want to put on the kite surface
- |> (2) Fix this onto the sail. I do this either by spraying the
- |> surfaces with water, or with spray mount (that spray on
- |> glue they use for mounting photographs on card).
- |> (3) I then stitch the material to the sail
- |> (4) Finally, I take a seam ripper with a "ball on the end".
- |> They all have a "ball on the end". I then make a nick in
- |> the back of the surface and then insert the seam ripper,
- |> placing the "ball" against the seam, and zip around the
- |> seam.
- |> (5) If you used spray mount, clean the surface.
- |>
- |>
- |> Easy .... but practice so that you have confidence.
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- For Step (2) I often just use clear tape. Works well with most kinds of ripstop.
- It holds better than water and doesn't need to be cleaned like spray mount.
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