DELUXE MATERIALS Eze Dope, Tissue Shrink, 250ml, DLMBD42

After searching for alternatives to old-fashioned cellulose dope for sealing and strengthening tissue coverings on model airplanes--and finding some of the ones suggested by other model builders to be unsatisfactory--I was intrigued when I stumbled upon a discussion of Eze Dope on line. My search is over. I have tried Eze Dope on a test framework (not wanting to mess up a model I spent a good deal of time constructing) and I am very happy with the results. Happy enough, in fact, that I just ordered an extra bottle to have on hand. Since Eze Dope is best applied thinned with water (the recommended proportion is 30% Eze Dope, 70% water), one container can last a while. There is an excellent article describing in detail the application of Eze Dope in the Jan-Feb 2014 issue of the British magazine AeroModeller. The article is available on line, but I was sent a pdf of it by John Bristow of Deluxe Materials (manufacturer of Eze Dope). And that's another thing: I sent Deluxe Materials a couple of questions about Eze Dope earlier today, and slightly over an hour later had an informative response from Mr. Bristow. Count me a very happy customer. ------------------------Updated 9/17/2019 After reading an article in Model Aviation, I decided to try Minwax Polycrylic (satin finish) thinned with water to 33% Polycrylic. One coat with a wide (1" brush) gave me better results than I got with two or three coats of Eze Dope. See photo. So, while Eze Dope gave me a good enough alternative to nitrated dope as a tissue sealer, Polycrylic is a decidedly better one.

This an incredible product for the hobbyist. It can be used in many other applications, besides coating tissue film over balsa. I use it to seal balsa wood, which when dried, actually makes the wood stronger. You can also use Eze Dope as a glue to apply tissue covering on model airplanes. I also use Eze Dope to finish the tissue covering. I brush it onto the pre-shrunk tissue, letting the Eze Dope dry before applying another coat of it. The strength it gives to tissue is amazing. Best of all, there are no toxic fumes, and since I like using my hands to feel the surface of my work, I can also apply it using my fingers. You can also make wood filler by mixing Eze Dope with talcum powder. It is truly an amazing and handy product for the hobbyist.

This is Easy. This is Dope. (This is not actually Dope. It’s actually Fake Dope, but the concept of “fake dope” raises a whole host of metaphysical questions that I don’t have the energy to confront at the moment.) Whatever it is, it works pretty well.

works good with EZE Tissue paper.

Easy Dope is a top coating for tissue-covered flying models like an aliphatic resin. There are warnings on the bottle about the hazards of ingesting this product. At first I was skeptical about this product so I really can't call this a toy material. It's winter here in the Mid-Atlantic and the product had the consistency of Cream of Wheat when it first came out of the packing box that was left outside my door for who knows how long. I removed s teaspoonful of the paste and mixed it with some water and it then had the consistency of white (Elmer's) glue. It said to thin 50-50 to apply tissue so I did that but I overdid it and the results were horrid. I let it dry and removed it where it was worst. I sanded the entire plane till it would accept another coating and used another produce I ordered, Tissue Paste, and that worked great. After the covering was dry and taut I applied a thin coat of the Easy Dope to finish the project. I thinned the coat since it is a small model (approximately 1:32 Piper Cub by Guillows). It's been a long time since I put a flying model together and I thought I'd get back into a hobby that I haven't visited since the early Sixties. With the new super glues and products like Easy Dope I may start reading up on R/C electrics!

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This stuff works great! I have always loved stick and tissue models but hated using dope to finish them. Eze Dope is great. I use an Uhu glue stick to attach the tissue, airbrush on a diluted eze dope to shrink the tissue and then brush on a coat of Eze Dope, let dry and your done! The finish feels and looks like several coats of old dope without the smell or fire hazard. Now it won't fix a poor covering job. It pretty much shrinks and drys tissue just like old dope but it does make covering a model in the middle of winter a lot more enjoyable!