REFLECTOR: Top Gloss

[Alex Balic]

The smooth prime is worked into the filler and any exposed glass with a
roller- the action of rolling it on fills every pore and pinhole in the
surface- I am not sure you can get the same effect by spraying, and since
the smooth prime is so bright white any void show with a lot of contrast-
after 5 or 6 coats are rolled on without sanding in between, you get on it
with the sander and run it down to a really smooth surface- it will build up
to maybe 1mm in thickness before sanding- 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Michalk
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:01 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Top Gloss

Juanita and I just painted the bottom of the wings with Smooth Prime.  
We rolled it on, and at $180/gallon, that method really conserves the 
primer.

What's the point of Smooth Prime at all if we have to shoot two coats of 
epoxy sealer before our final coat?  I know that Smooth Prime is high 
filler, but other than that, is it required?  Can one put the epoxy 
sealer on top of bubble filler and go from there?

On 2/3/2011 9:53 AM, gstull at tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> I used the Top Gloss and had all the associated problems, peeling and
flaking. The Smooth Prime was not problematic, at least in my case. I sanded
down the Top Gloss, re-applied Smooth Prime and painted directly over it
with Urethane. It's been on for several years now with no problems
> ---- Velocity<VelocityXL at fastmail.fm>  wrote:
>

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