REFLECTOR: Awlgrip Painting

[Scott Derrick]

Ron,

I'm painting a Std and figured twice that amount of paint? 

It took a 1/2gal.  mixed for me to paint my canard and the Cowls.  maybe 
I waste a lot?

Scott

Ron Brown wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Lots of great information!!!  Now you are making me nervous about 
> shooting it myself!!!!  At $200 a gallon, I don't want to be 
> "practicing" too much with this stuff.  But the boat folks say the 
> Awlgrip is the supreme paint for boats.
>
> Your wings are looking great!!!
>
> Are you using the standard reducer - T0003?  Are you having to use any 
> other additives?  You mention Florida several times - it can be just 
> about as hot and humid here in North Carolina this time of year.  Did 
> you stick with Awlgrip's recommended maximum 50% RH - or have you been 
> able to establish a higher RH that you have been able to get away with?
>
> I think your statement "Coat continuation" means that you could paint 
> a portion of the a coat (like say the fuselage top), then remove the 
> walk boards, clean-up, and then continue completing the coat onto the 
> strakes and fuselage bottom, provided you don't wait more than about 
> an hour to continue on with the strakes and bottom.  Otherwise, the 
> paint "seam" between the fuselage top and strakes will not blend 
> together."  is the key to painting the top of the fuselage using a 
> walk board, then the sides.  And bottom too. Perhaps I need to include 
> the ability to lift the nose and keep on shooting until the bottom is 
> done too.
>
> I would ask you how many gallons you have used, but with reworking 
> your wing, your count probably won't help much.  I think I will try 
> painting bottoms first - allows the wings to be kept flat with less 
> runs.  Like I said, if it turns out too ugly, I'll get a pro to shoot 
> the tops - but I have built the whole thing so far (well I cheated and 
> got fast build wings and fuselage - I HATE SANDING AND FILLING - too 
> many hours on sheet rock - although I am getting much better at it!!!)
>
> The application guide says 210 sq feet per gallon of mixed paint and 
> converter and reducer.  So measuring the surface areas, I get 2.2 
> gallons of mixed paint or 1 gallon of color, one gallon of converter, 
> and 1/2 gallon of reducer = 2.5 gallons. That's assuming using a good 
> HVLP gun and getting most of the spray on the surface.   (173 standard 
> fuselage measures - approximately 475 sq feet).
>
> For those of you considering the Awlgrip system, there is an on line 
> Application Guide at http://www.awlgrip.com/pages/app_guide/chap1.htm  
> (One of the boat yards calls Awlgrip the Mercedes of marine paints).  
> Extremely tough and glossy with a long service life.  But difficult to 
> repair scratches, etc.
>
> Ronnie
>
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