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Center Section of the Horten H IX V3

Museum conservator Lauren Horelick carefully attached a sheet of Reemay, a non-woven spun bonded polyester, to cover a section of fragile and delaminating plywood on the underside of the center section of the Horten HIX V3. She used BEVA (Berger's ethylene vinyl acetate) film, a reversible heat-set adhesive, around the perimeter of the Reemay sheet to hold it in place and stabilize the wood so that the panel can safely be removed for later treatment. Lauren cut the small holes seen in the Reemay to provide access to the bolts securing the panel to the steel tube support frame.

Image Number: WEB12537-2012
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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