Painting Oratex

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ROB. THOMASSON
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Painting Oratex

Post by ROB. THOMASSON » Mon May 09, 2022 8:18 am

Has anyone any experience of painting over Oratex? I want to add some stripes to my Escapade and was wondering about adhesion and flex of the fabric. I know there is Oratex paint but I have only found it in model aircraft quantities
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Mark A
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Re: Painting Oratex

Post by Mark A » Mon May 16, 2022 10:35 pm

Vinyl works very well for stripes and decals over Oratex.
There are plenty of places that will do the design and cutting and supply on a carrier tape.
I got some off the shelf ones from a custom car supplier which worked very well.
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