[Rhodes22-list] TN WX and Honey Do's

[Steve]

My blue stripes were done in Imron.  Spray painted on.
 A pro did the work that I know.  Came out quite well.
Steve

--- brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com> wrote:
> MJM, I used to paint airplanes in the 70's with
> Imron
> and Alumigrip under some crude conditions and turned
> out some pretty good work.  If the temperature and
> surface was right you could almost throw Imron from
> a
> bucket and get good results.  We didn't know how to
> spell EPA much less know what their regulations
> were,
> and all three of my children came out with one head
> and ten toes and fingers.  But, that was then and
> this
> is now.  The Interlux line of paint seems more
> compatible for the "do-it-yourselfer".  The trick to
> any good spray job is in the prep and masking always
> takes more time than application.  We used to do
> some
> pretty intricate striping jobs on airplanes and I've
> witnessed more than one perfect paint job go down
> the
> tubes by pulling the tape too early or too late. 
> All
> the books I've read say that "tip and roll" looks
> pretty good but I have no experience with it.  Spray
> I
> know and its a major PITA.  It looks good though. 
> Brad.
> --- Michael Meltzer <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> > The problem is the algrip's and imrons need a full
> > no spark, fully body suit and outside air feed
> style
> > paint shop to be sprayied.
> > 
> > Also the prep work to cover the fittings and such
> > will be alot more.
> > 
> > MJM
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "brad haslett" <flybrad@yahoo.com>
> > To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:10 PM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] TN WX and Honey Do's
> > 
> > 
> > > I'm with Wally, what a nice day in Tennessee, 65
> > > degrees, sunshine, awesome visibility.  Am I
> > sailing? 
> > > Working on the boat?  No, I got tasked with
> > completing
> > > a honey-do that I've postponed for as long as
> > > possible.  The wife wanted some parking lot
> dings
> > and
> > > bumper scrapes painted so I repaired the
> > compresser
> > > pop-off valve, cleaned the paint guns, and
> whipped
> > out
> > > all the chemistry.  Of course all the repairs
> were
> > > about 12 inches off the ground so I spent two
> > hours
> > > stooped over.  Now I can't walk!  But, It did
> get
> > me
> > > to thinking, has anyone on the list painted
> their
> > > topsides?  I bought some Interlux one part poly
> > paint
> > > that I was going to "roll and tip" but since
> I've
> > > dusted the cobwebs off the spraying skills
> thought
> > a
> > > spray job might look better.  If anyone has any
> > > experience with re-coating topsides speak up.
> > > 
> > > Brad Haslett
> > > "CoraShen"
> > > 
> > >
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