---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 02/05/15: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:32 AM - Re: 1984 Glasair SH 1 (Bob Granley) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:32:20 AM PST US From: "Bob Granley" Subject: RE: Glasair-List: 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 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 href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Glasair-List">http://www.matro nics.com/Navigator?Glasair-List ms.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com tp://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contributio n ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message glasair-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Glasair-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/glasair-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/glasair-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.