As I said Fred only recounting the advice we were given - make of it
what you will - you clearly know more about this -I'll stick to the
sanding
Regards
Paul
G-GIDY
Paul
On 17 Jul 2006, at 22:56, europa flugzeug fabrik wrote:
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> europa@pstewart.f2s.co wrote:
>> Painting was another area we knew nothing about so took advice
>> from our painter who had done several Europas and alot of work on
>> composite racing cars.
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>> He was most adamant we should not mix polyester (car body fillers an
>> 2 pack paints) with epoxy resins.
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> Epoxy and polyster don't live together well, but what does he mean
> by 2-pack paints? There's 2-pack epoxies, polyurethanes, and
> acrylics. And both water-based and solvent-based in two of these
> families.
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>> We first had to apply a barrier coat ( we used Aerodur) over our
>> surface filler ( we used polyfibre).
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> SuperFil is an epoxy, which is impervious to just about any
> solvent. It's porous enough to provide excellent adhesion. Before
> adding weight, I like to hear the need for a barrier coat under
> primer from the paint mfr and who knows what SuperFil is. Our
> concern should be adding unnecessary weight.
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> Fred F.
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=48010#48010
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