REFLECTOR: painting fuselage

Fri Sep 22 21:43:11 CDT 2006

I never saw the article Al is referring to.  I can't find my notes
still.  If you do the top last, be sure to have someone with you to keep
the air lines from being dragged across the strakes...and be sure you
have the reach to get all places you need to get to.
And good luck.  
Terry
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: painting fuselage

I'm talking about painting top coat.  Shooting the last coat of primer
on the fuselage today, just a spot coat for areas that got to thin
during sanding. Wings and all small pieces are ready for top coat.

I've read two different painting articles on painting planes and both
recommend starting by painting the bottom first.  This is to eliminate
over spay on the top.  A local boat(yacht) painter had the same
recommendation.

I removed my engine so getting to the top is easy from the back and from
the forward strake fuselage intersections..  I also have a pressure
pot/spray gun system so painting the bottom is relatively easy, I can
position the gun in any position, no worries like a gravity or siphon
gun(also recommended by the painting articles on the EAA website.  I've
put two coats of primer on the bottom of the fuselage with no problems,
just kneel, reach and shoot.

I'm really looking for the best sequence that will  allow me to keep a
wetted edge.

Scott

Terry Miles wrote: 

Scott,

Chuck is right I am becoming too intimately familiar with how to (and

how not to) paint airplanes.  I haven't ever mentioned my web sight on

the reflector because it is in such disarray but go to

www.knightflyr.com and look in the paint section.  A lot of the text is

missing.  Go to dupont.com and register.  Right away they give you

access to all their how to phamphlets.  Lots of good advice.  

I've got some questions for you.

What are you doing?....the undercoating or the top coating.  For the

fuselage: we took the prop off.  I have a tail stand for safety reasons

all the time.  Make yourself a very short saw horse and set the airplane

to rest nose high on the prop attach flange.  (Most the weight will

still on the gear.)  This way you can paint underneath and not have

problems with gun angle.  Have both a syphon gun and the gravity gun.

Get a cheapie short mechanics roll around chair and also a creaper.

(Michaelangelo eat your hear out).  

The thing likely to be careful of is too much build up on the leading

edge of the strake.  

I can't find it right off, but I did make notes on painting sequence.

I'll look some more over the weekend.  But he is some off the top of my

head.  Go with the dry gun and pretend your way all the way thru.  I did

that.  I would go with the top first because you have to get paint in

the NACAs lips.  So do that from the front of them.  Then go around to

the back and get the rest of a aft roof so you can keep a wet edge.

Then back around to the front and get the rest of the roof.  

I gotta go.  Sorry to be so brief.  I'll get back soon when I can

locate/colate more of this mountain of data I have collected.

Terry

knightflyr at sbcglobal.net

773-580-4642

Call me (anybody)...anytime on airplanes

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On

Behalf Of Chuck Jensen

Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:29 PM

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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: painting fuselage

Terry 'Michelangelo' Miles can likely give you some pointers...he's

going through that process right now.

Chuck Jensen

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org

[mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Scott Derrick

Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:18 PM

To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list

Subject: REFLECTOR: painting fuselage

I'm a couple days from painting my fuselage .

The wings are off.   Any hints on the perfect sequence?

My plan is paint the bottom of the fuselage, then the bottom

of the left 

strake, bottom of right strake, top of left strake, top of 

right strake, 

top of fuselage..

Scott

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