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| Subject: | Re: RV-6A paintable area |
My professionally done RV-6 paint job added 17 pounds. This was using Sherwin
Williams Jet Glo with about 50% of the airframe having a yellow coat over the
base white and with no clear coat except for some clear coated metallic stripes
. I know of some clear coated multi color RV finishes that weigh close to twice
that.
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Harry Crosby
RV-6 N16CX, flying - 435 hours
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From: tom sargent <sarg314@comcast.net>
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> Does any one have any estimate of the paintable surface area of an
> RV-6A? My back of the envelope calculations indicates something the
> neighborhood of 320 sq. feet. I wouldn't be surprised if that was off by
> 20%. Does any one have a more accurate figure?
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> I am priming my plane's exterior and after weighing a small piece before
> and after priming I estimate it will have a 2 or 3 pounds of primer on
> it when I'm done. The color coat will be more. From what the painter
> says (I'm not doing the color coat), I'd guess at least twice that.
> --
> Tom Sargent, RV-6A
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