---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 06/23/21: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:00 AM - Surface area RV-10 (DAVID M JOHNSTON) 2. 09:07 AM - RV10 Painting (Doc) 3. 10:17 AM - Sherwin-Williams Paint (Doc) 4. 10:25 AM - Re: Sherwin-Williams Paint (Ken Cashwell) 5. 04:44 PM - Re: RV10 Painting (Robert Jones) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:00:26 AM PST US From: DAVID M JOHNSTON Subject: RV10-List: Surface area RV-10 Does anyone know what the total surface area is for an RV-10? I am getting ready to paint and Im trying to estimate how much paint to purchase. Thanks, David Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:07:48 AM PST US From: Doc Subject: RV10-List: RV10 Painting David: I don't know the surface area of a 10 but it takes 20lbs of JetGlo to cover the Fuselage and 25lbs of JetGlo to cover the rest of the plane when the paint is dry. I hope this helps. Doc ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:17:04 AM PST US From: Doc Subject: RV10-List: Sherwin-Williams Paint David: Sherwin-Williams Acry Glo Paint weighs 0.0061-0.0084 lbs. / square ft per dry mil coverage, a gallon covers 800-815 square ft per dry mil coverage and the dry weight paint to cover an RV10 is 45 pounds, You should be able to estimate the amount of paint you should need. Go to Sherwin-Williams, Aerospace Coatings, Product Data for this info. Good luck. There is a real skill in painting a plane. Doc ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:25:10 AM PST US From: Ken Cashwell Subject: Re: RV10-List: Sherwin-Williams Paint I weighed mine before and after paint. It added 40ish lbs. Ken Sent from KC > On Jun 23, 2021, at 12:21 PM, Doc wrote: > > > David: Sherwin-Williams Acry Glo Paint weighs 0.0061-0.0084 lbs. / square ft per dry mil coverage, a gallon covers 800-815 square ft per dry mil coverage and the dry weight paint to cover an RV10 is 45 pounds, You should be able to estimate the amount of paint you should need. Go to Sherwin-Williams, Aerospace Coatings, Product Data for this info. Good luck. There is a real skill in painting a plane. Doc > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:44:35 PM PST US From: Robert Jones Subject: Re: RV10-List: RV10 Painting My RV10 (N810RK) gained about 35 pounds when it was painted. It was painted by T&P at Salinas, CA. Juan and his crew do good work but they are not the cheapest. I painted all the fiberglass with Evercoat feather fill and blocked it down a bit before they got it. They probably sanded most of the feather fill off, but at least I got all the pin holes filled. That probably accounts for the small difference in finished weight. I ended up at 1,749 lbs empty. Dynon 3 screen panel, dual ADAHARS, Garmin 650 and Dynon 3 axis autopilot. I think it could be built a little lighter with all my equipment, but not a lot. I reenforced the pants with carbon fiber where they mount and a number of other high stress areas as well. The bottom (Showplanes) cowl was split to make it a one man cowl. All those things added some weight, but were worth it to me. I have a Barrett 540X with cold air induction that puts out 290 hp. I flight tested to 3,000 lbs gross weight, but rarely fly it over 2,500 pounds. Robert Jones > On Jun 23, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Doc wrote: > > > David: I don't know the surface area of a 10 but it takes 20lbs of JetGlo to cover the Fuselage and 25lbs of JetGlo to cover the rest of the plane when the paint is dry. I hope this helps. Doc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-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/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-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.