Europa Paint Job
Have you considered a gel coat finish? It seems to be universal in gliders
with 20 years or more experience to judge on. It gives a beautiful, long
lasting finish that can be restored once in a while with hard wax, . It
doesnt need an undercoat nor any UV protection coat and is very durable as
the many glider pilots who have landed with their wheels up can testify!
Regards, David Joyce
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: Europa Paint Job - United Kingdom
> System Three Resins here in the US has been selling water-reducible
> epoxy and polyurethane coatings to fiberglass boat builders for some
> time now. Arguably a harsher environment than for planes, and I've
> not read of any complaints yet. The formulation seems to be similar
> to PolyFiber's.
>
> BTW, re a UV barrier coat, System Three says that unpainted (or
> clearcoated) fiberglass resin can break down in sunlight in as little
> as 6 months.
>
> Regards,
> Fred F., A063
>
> > It is essential to
> > use a barrier coat. Polyfiber's water based epoxy primer seems to be
good,
> > its certainly nice to work with but has yet to demonstrate long term
life,
> > its not been out there long enough. (I'm using it on my own project, )
> >
> > Graham
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