Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dr. Zooch SLS Build Part 18 SRB Wraps

The Zooch instructions have you apply glue to the outside 1/2" of the back of the wrap. I didn't have much luck with this in the past so I use spray adhesive.
Using white glue on the back of the wrap gives you one chance to get it aligned. Using spray adhesive you have a couple tries to set and remove the wrap before burnishing it in place.

In the picture a line has been drawn down the SRB tube in line with the skirt seam.
Remember, the seams will be hidden when glued to the core body.



After the wrap was in place and lined up, I tightly wrapped bands of copy paper around the adhered cardstock wrap. Just the outside final wrap was taped down, there is no tape holding the start of the wrap.



These outside paper wraps hold down the cardstock edges that tend to lift while the adhesive is drying. Covering the wraps (while adhering) also keeps the outside white cardstock surface clean.

With the paper (over wrap) bands in place the seam was pressed and rolled down with a dowel.

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