REFLECTOR: painting fuselage

[Dave Black]

Brian,

>>I hired a professional auto painter to do my Velocity. He showed me many 
>>tricks with the sanding. And he stressed the importance of lots of 
>>airflow to prevent paint dust from settling back on the plane.
>>  
> Why is it important to keep the dust off the plane?

We're talking about during painting. The airborne paint 'dust' would 
fall onto the still wet paint surface and dull the finish. Nothing you 
couldn't sand out, but still a lot of work. Having lots of cross-flow 
ventilation prevents that.


Dave