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| Subject: | Re: Spay Latex on Aluminum |
As I think about it, Rattle can was so easy, I used it more than Latex.
Just about as cheap and easy to do.
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Steven Dortch <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Oh yeah. Gloss looks great but shows every flaw. Flat hides all flaws, but
> looks, well, flat. I used semigloss.
>
> On high wear areas. I used rattlecan enamel.
>
> Blue skies.
>
> On Nov 29, 2017 10:44 PM, "Steven Dortch" <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Exterior paint. I bought from Sherwin Williams. Next time Behr from the
>> Aviation section at home depot or Lowe's.
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2017 2:02 PM, <goffelectric@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Check out the Wiener Dog Aero site, he goes into great detail on his
>> process. I used his process on the aluminum and it works great.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Keith Goff
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Michael Perez" <speedbrake@sbcglobal.net>
>> *To: *pietenpol-list@matronics.com
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:49:39 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: Pietenpol-List: Spay Latex on Aluminum
>>
>>
>> Thanks. Was the paint used exterior, interior...gloss, semi gloss or
>> flat? Water based?
>>
>>
>>
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Blue Skies,
Steve D
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| Subject: | Re: Spay Latex on Aluminum |
I am a rattle can graffiti artist is about all I can say about my painting skills.
When I did the rebuild and repairs to my airplane, I had to deal with the
gear legs and shock spring struts, cabane struts, a couple of fittings, the nose
cowlings, and various bits and pieces here and there. Fortunately, the basic
colors that Corky used on the airplane are two very common colors... Polytone
173 (AN True Blue) and 139 (Federal Yellow). I just didn't want to pay for
Polytone so I searched for rattle can spray paint and found that Ford Blue (also
a very common implement enamel) was a close enough match on the metal parts
if I painted the entire part and didn't just try to paint a repaired and sanded
spot or area on the part. For the yellow, I found that Federal Yellow is
what's used to paint highway stripes and 'do not pass' lane markers as well as
school buses, Farmall and IH tractors, and other equipment, so it wasn't hard
to find a good match there either.
Dealing with latex, I could get close but not as close. The beauty of latex is
that with today's color matching technology, you can take a reasonably-sized
swatch or sample in to the hardware store and they will mix up some latex to match.
Usually a pretty close match, but I found that in four tries, I ended up
with "just close, not close enough" to match spots on the wings that needed
touching up. Painting a new airplane or assembly without having to match anything
would be a cinch.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
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