REFLECTOR: Awlgrip Painting
Scott Derrick
scott at tnstaafl.net
Sun Jun 19 19:28:56 CDT 2005
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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