Where protrusions poke through the fabric, the soldering iron is used to seal holes at either end and the hobby knife slices between.them to create an opening. To strengthen the area a patch is cut giving a 5cm radius. Hotmelt glue is painted on both the patch and the wing surface and allowed to dry before heat is applied to adhere the two together. This patch is over the jury strut attach point. When the Oratex is shrunk with the heat gun and the surfaces tighten up and the incision will not pull apart.