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In article <C0Ar19.JB3@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Iskandar Taib) writes:
>
>In article <swhite.725657520@convex.com>, swhite@convex.com (Steve Whiteside)
>wrote:
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>>  Q) What is the difference between MonoKote and SuperMonoKote?
>
>I believe Monokote was the original covering way back in time. I seem
>to recall someone telling me that the adhesive was pressure-sensitive,
>i.e. it was more like FasCal and not an iron-on.

I remember trying out the original Monokote when it first came out back in
the mid-to-late sixties. Boy oh boy was I disappointed.

It was somewhat pressure-sensitive, but it was indeed iron-on, and you
could use it directly over sheeted surfaces. However, what the ads and
modeling press tended to gloss over was you couldn't use it to cover an
open-framework unless you first used Silkspan or something. In other words,
the Monokote went on top of conventional covering.

I found this out the hard way. This is one thing that peeved me about the
model press at the time -- presenting an overly-rosy picture of the
product. Only in the fine print -- if at all -- did it mention the
open-framework restriction.

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