Sealing after coppering?

[BBrueck]

Morning boys and girls. I’m finishing up coppering the hull on my ModelShipways USS Constitution. First time coppering. I used the kit provided copper tape to cut the tiles from. Now that I’m nearly complete I’ve noticed that there are quite a few tiny corners that have lifted up through handling the hull. Not so many that it ruins the overall appearance and they are easily flattened back out. My question is for those of you who have used the copper tape, do you use something to spray on to seal it to prevent this? Many thanks.

 

Edited October 16, 2023 by BBrueck

[wefalck]

Not sure what you try to do, to put some sort of thick coating onto the copper that kind of covers the edges? Not sure I would want to do that, because it would change the appearance of the crispiness of the edges - otherwise the effect would be neglible.

 

Otherwise, there several threads here that discuss the merits of preventing the copper from oxidising or otherwise.

 

[Mirabell61]

Hi BBrueck,

 

when I had coppered my 5 Elbe pilot schooner recently I had made the tiles from copper sheet without self  adhesive gluefilm on the back. So the whole coppering was done with contact glue. So far so good, but in some minor places I had to slightly re-bend down some of the plate edges. In order to keep the edges flat and firm I put a coat of one-component-polyurethane varnish per paintbrush over the coppering. Should there be any crack like lift offs on the coppered hull, the polyurethan creeps into and seals them off. It cures out hard and transparent and keeps the edges down ever since

 

Nils

[BBrueck]

Excellent Nils. Thank you sir! BTW I was stationed in the Air Force at Bitburg, Germany back in the 70’s.