Hot Water Trick, Foam RC model repair.wmv

How to straighten crashed & crushed foam prior to gluing.
Otherwise known as the hot water trick.
The foam will reshape itself as it is heated.

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• trick
• repair
• magic
• water
• revealed
• crash
• damage
• rc
• model
• aircraft
• foam
• flying
• plane
• howto
• diy
• educational

[youronlycow]

now it has the bubbles more obvious like an alligator.. how does that go away?

[volvotl22]

@youronlycow While it cools you can try to smooth out the worst, (with anything rounded/ blunt), but some of the bubbling will shrink back by itself.

But yes, it will always be rougher than the original finish, but at least straight & repairable , & it will not affect it in flight (or be visible).

[M15TRY77]

haha i did this.....

and forgot that i had electronics still in the plane -.- i wasted £210

i just baught new pieses... servo... reciver...etc lol o well :)

[volvotl22]

@M15TRY77 You won`t be the only one, I dampened my receiver because I was simply too lazy to take it out, but didn`t affect it by sheer dumb luck (only a bit of steam, not fully immersed).

Glad you liked the demo.

[roberttreboranita]

Great tip! now that puts the brain in gear and i think it would be possible to use one of those mini steam generator guns that are used in a household kitchen for cleaning off grease etc..that would swell the foam pretty well. good video! Rob

[Skyfly195]

Great info, thanks.

[TheFlightLog]

You sound just like Angus Deayton (UK TV Show presenter)

[wacko911]

Only wish I'd seen your video before I repaired my squall! Would have saved a few hours adding triangles of foam to all the crushed parts.

[makikiverde]

Good stuff. Thanks for the lesson.

[youronlycow]

@volvotl22 well, the colour variation on mine is off.. The normal one is brown and the repaired one is darker brown.. haha oh well...

[M15TRY77]

great tip tho :)