- 1. painting questions (score: 1)
- Author: PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:24:56 -0500 (EST)
- A friend is restoring a Cessna 172 airplane, and decided to do his own painting. I helped in matters of advising re: equipment and interpreting instructions, and so on. He's pretty well satisfied wi
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- 2. Re: painting questions (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:15:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Probably not too thin; it is unusual to cover completely in one coat. But no primer??? He could have rubbed out the roughness you describe later, if it was not too bad. Of using a top coat of hardene
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- 3. Re: painting questions (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:38:43 PDT
- I strongly strongly recommend not doing this; but I guess it's too late. Painting the control surfaces can upset their balance; they must be rebalanced and rerigged by a qualified rigger before you
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- 4. Re: painting questions (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:50:48 -0400
- Your friend might be moving the paint gun too fast. The faster you move it the lighter the coat of paint. So he can slow down his motion a little. There is a difference between lacquer and enamel. Wi
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