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| Subject: | 1984 Glasair SH 1 |
Good Morning Chuck,
Thanks so much for the quick response. Your suggestions make a lot of
sense as I do not have any experience with gel coat. I really do not
want to paint the whole airplane as it is in good shape. This is a
repair of a damaged area that is quite small. I made some auumptions
that were wrong in that I thought the gel coat was pearl where in fact
it does look like a pearl paint on top of a white gel coat. Your feather
technique looks like best method for me.
Thanks Again
Bob Granley
From: Craymondw@aol.com [mailto:Craymondw@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Glasair-List: 1984 Glasair SH 1
Gel coat is used to easily remove parts from a mold and to cover the
fabric with a smooth finish. I painted my Glasair Diamond white to
protect it from the sun's rays. If you haven't painted the gel coat I
would bring a chip of it to a paint store to match it. But I would first
spray on Feather Fill to fill in the area. I know a painter that
repaints damaged areas that uses a feathering technique. After he paints
the repaired area he mists out twice the area repaired and it is hardly
noticeable. His name is Jeff and works out of Cartersville airport in
Georgia. If you decide to repaint the whole plane, I would use first use
a white epoxy primer and Pittsburg three process system of base coat,
clear metalic and top coat. I sanded off my first paint job and replaced
it using the Pittsburg system and shed over forty pounds off the plane.
Before you paint it, to avoid peeling, rough up both the gel coat and
epoxy primer using 220 grit paper. My finish is nine years old and looks
new!! Chuck Raymond Glasair N16CD
In a message dated 2/4/2015 4:49:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
snaproll@whidbey.com <mailto:snaproll@whidbey.com> writes:
I have a 1 x 1 area that I need to re Gel Coat. Glasair is of no help.
Fortunately airplane has always been hangered so I don=99t think
too much UV fade. This has fleck in it and I believe it was called pearl
back in the day. Does anyone have a matching code that may be a start
point for me? Looks like Sea Ray boats had a pearl gel coat in that time
frame but difficult to choose of an LCD screen. Any Help Appreciated!!!!
Cheers,
Bob Granley
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