---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 12/02/17: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:47 AM - Re: Spay Latex on Aluminum (Steven Dortch) 2. 02:30 PM - Re: Spay Latex on Aluminum (taildrags) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:47:03 AM PST US From: Steven Dortch Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 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 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" > 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, 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" >> *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? >> >> >> -- Blue Skies, Steve D ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:30:41 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Spay Latex on Aluminum From: "taildrags" 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. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=476065#476065 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-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/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-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.