Which product, please?
Christoph Both #223, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
On 26 Oct 00, at 19:27, david joyce wrote:
Subject: Re: Europa Paint Job - United Kingdom
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
Wednesday,
October 25, 2000 6:06 PM 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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